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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Montreal 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 Montreal for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

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. Montreal 25, Tbilisi 7: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Tbilisi 72: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Tbilisi 70: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Tbilisi 58: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Tbilisi 45: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Tbilisi 52: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Tbilisi 42: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Tbilisi 57: Montreal leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on prices 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.

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealTbilisi
Official languageFrench, EnglishGeorgian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m575 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealTbilisi
City population1,895,2111,331,485
People per km²3,8061,849
Museums within 10 km3729
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). 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.