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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Colombo 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 Colombo for

  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Colombo 55, Tbilisi 7: Colombo leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Tbilisi 42: Colombo leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Colombo
46match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °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. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboTbilisi
Official languageTamil, SinhalaGeorgian
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation1 m575 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboTbilisi
City population647,5571,331,485
People per km²17,3611,849
Museums within 10 km1029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.