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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brasov or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Tampa 42: Brasov leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Tampa 55: Brasov leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Tampa 54: Brasov leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Tampa 22: Brasov leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Tampa 40: Brasov leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Tampa 30: Brasov leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brasov
50match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovTampa
Official languageRomanian-
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m30 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovTampa
City population237,589384,959
People per km²890848
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

Where else could you go?

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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.