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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Brasov or San Francisco?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, San Francisco 80: Brasov leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, San Francisco 72: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, San Francisco 14: Brasov leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
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). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovSan Francisco
Official languageRomanian-
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m16 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovSan Francisco
City population237,589873,965
People per km²8901,455
Museums within 10 km851
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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