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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Manchester 9, Tbilisi 7: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Tbilisi 70: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Tbilisi 58: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Manchester and Tbilisi are level on 77.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Tbilisi 45: Manchester leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Tbilisi 52: Manchester leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Tbilisi 42: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Tbilisi 57: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness 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.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterTbilisi
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
Elevation38 m575 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterTbilisi
City population547,6271,331,485
People per km²4,7371,849
Museums within 10 km2829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.