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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Macau 24, Tbilisi 7: Macau leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Tbilisi 72: Macau leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Macau and Tbilisi are level on 62.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Tbilisi 45: Macau leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Tbilisi 52: Macau leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Tbilisi 42: Macau leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 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: Macau and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauTbilisi
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseGeorgian
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Lari (GEL)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+4
Emergency number999112
Elevation22 m575 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauTbilisi
City population682,1001,331,485
People per km²5,9161,849
Museums within 10 km2829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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.