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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Brasov or Xi'an?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Xi'an 62: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Brasov and Xi'an are level on 80.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Xi'an 48: Brasov leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

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

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on food and drink 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovXi'an
Official languageRomanianPutonghua
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation600 m405 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovXi'an
City population237,58912,952,907
People per km²8901,283
Museums within 10 km89
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.