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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Brasov or Samarkand?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Samarkand 14: Brasov leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Samarkand 40: Brasov leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Samarkand 72: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Samarkand 30: Brasov leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Samarkand 58: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Samarkand 24: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov and Samarkand are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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
15 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovSamarkand
Official languageRomanianUzbek
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation600 m702 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovSamarkand
City population237,589546,303
People per km²8905,058
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.