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The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Edinburgh 22, Tbilisi 7: Edinburgh leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Edinburgh 53, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Edinburgh 75, Tbilisi 62: Edinburgh leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Edinburgh 50, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Edinburgh 75, Tbilisi 58: Edinburgh leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Edinburgh 75, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Edinburgh 62, Tbilisi 45: Edinburgh leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Edinburgh 74, Tbilisi 52: Edinburgh leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Edinburgh 50, Tbilisi 42: Edinburgh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Edinburgh 30, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Edinburgh 72, Tbilisi 57: Edinburgh leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Edinburgh 34, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Edinburgh and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Edinburgh
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on prices 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.

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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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Where the figures come from

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEdinburghTbilisi
Official languageEnglishGeorgian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Lari (GEL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation47 m575 m
Main airportEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureEdinburghTbilisi
City population488,0501,331,485
People per km²1,8841,849
Museums within 10 km3229
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.