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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Salvador?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Brasov for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Brasov’s own page.

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Brasov 6, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Salvador 52: Brasov leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Salvador 56: Brasov leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Salvador 42: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Salvador 42: Brasov leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Salvador 70: Brasov leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov and Salvador are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Salvador.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Brasov
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Brasov in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Brasov has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovSalvador
Official languageRomanianPortuguese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation600 m8 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovSalvador
City population237,5892,417,678
People per km²8903,489
Museums within 10 km849
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.