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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Cartagena 70, Tbilisi 7: Cartagena leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Tbilisi 62: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena and Tbilisi are level on 70.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Tbilisi 52: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Tbilisi 42: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaTbilisi
Official languageSpanishGeorgian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+4
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m575 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaTbilisi
City population914,5521,331,485
People per km²1,5991,849
Museums within 10 km229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.