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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Medellin 5, Tbilisi 7: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Tbilisi 70: Medellin leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Tbilisi 58: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Tbilisi 45: Medellin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Tbilisi 52: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Tbilisi 42: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Medellin and Tbilisi are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Medellin
51match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
12 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
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

Medellin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinTbilisi
Official languageSpanishGeorgian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+4
Emergency number123112
Elevation1,405 m575 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinTbilisi
City population2,529,4031,331,485
People per km²6,6441,849
Museums within 10 km1429
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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. 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.