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The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Johannesburg by K, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg for

  • shopping

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Johannesburg 5, Tbilisi 7: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Johannesburg 58, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Johannesburg 56, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Johannesburg 62, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Johannesburg 55, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Johannesburg 52, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Johannesburg 42, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Johannesburg 18, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Johannesburg 58, Tbilisi 42: Johannesburg leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Johannesburg 72, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Johannesburg 55, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Johannesburg 28, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Johannesburg and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on shopping with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
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.

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JohannesburgTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJohannesburgTbilisi
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
Elevation1,753 m575 m
Main airportO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureJohannesburgTbilisi
City population4,803,2621,331,485
People per km²2,9221,849
Museums within 10 km1429
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.