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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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. Luang Prabang 14, Tbilisi 7: Luang Prabang leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Tbilisi 62: Luang Prabang leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Tbilisi 58: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang and Tbilisi are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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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Luang PrabangTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangTbilisi
Official languageLaoGeorgian
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Lari (GEL)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m575 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangTbilisi
City population53,7921,331,485
People per km²-1,849
Museums within 10 km029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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.