Brăila: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Brăila is a city of 154,686 people in Romania (Brăila County), 22 m (72 ft) above sea level.
Key facts
Daylight in Brăila runs from about 8 h 48 min a day in late December to 15 h 43 min in late June (computed for 45.27° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
No airport with scheduled passenger service sits within 100 km of Brăila in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
Buses to Brăila · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Bucharest, 174 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Odesa, 253 km (Ukraine) — buses · car rental · tours
- Chisinau, 205 km (Moldova) — buses · car rental · tours
- Mykolayiv, 363 km (Ukraine)
- Iaşi, 213 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Varna, 228 km (Bulgaria) — buses · car rental · tours
- Constanţa, 132 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Cluj-Napoca, 376 km
- Chernivtsi, 370 km (Ukraine)
- Braşov, 189 km — buses · car rental · tours
Common questions
How big is Brăila?
About 154,686 people live in Brăila (GeoNames).
What time zone is Brăila in?
Europe/Bucharest, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Brăila?
The Leu (RON). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Brăila?
Bucharest (174 km), Odesa (253 km), Chisinau (205 km), Mykolayiv (363 km), Iaşi (213 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.