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Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Cape Town or Tbilisi?

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 Cape Town for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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. Cape Town 58, Tbilisi 7: Cape Town leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Cape Town and Tbilisi are level on 72.
Culture & sights. Cape Town 60, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cape Town 60, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cape Town 98, Tbilisi 58: Cape Town leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Cape Town 68, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cape Town 58, Tbilisi 45: Cape Town leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cape Town 35, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Cape Town 50, Tbilisi 42: Cape Town leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cape Town 72, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cape Town 52, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cape Town 45, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cape Town and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Cape Town
Best match
61match

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

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cape TownTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCape TownTbilisi
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageGeorgian
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation5 m575 m
Main airportCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCape TownTbilisi
City population3,776,3131,331,485
People per km²1,5381,849
Museums within 10 km2229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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.