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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Brasov or Wellington?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Wellington 44: Brasov leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Wellington 78: Brasov leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Wellington 40: Brasov leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Wellington 33: Brasov leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Wellington 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 Wellington.

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 prices and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovWellington
Official languageRomanianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation600 m0 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovWellington
City population237,589216,200
People per km²890487
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.