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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Montpellier 64, Tbilisi 7: Montpellier leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Tbilisi 58: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Tbilisi 77: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Tbilisi 45: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Tbilisi 52: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Tbilisi 42: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Tbilisi 57: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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MontpellierTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierTbilisi
Official languageFrenchGeorgian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m575 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierTbilisi
City population310,2401,331,485
People per km²5,4521,849
Museums within 10 km1429
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.