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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Brasov or Vienna?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Vienna 62: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Vienna 74: Brasov leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Vienna 44: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Vienna.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovVienna
Official languageRomanianGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation600 m151 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovVienna
City population237,5892,028,289
People per km²8904,890
Museums within 10 km8152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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.