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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • 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. New Orleans 14, Tbilisi 7: New Orleans leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Tbilisi 72: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Tbilisi 62: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Tbilisi 70: New Orleans leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 16 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Tbilisi 45: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Tbilisi 52: New Orleans leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Tbilisi 42: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Tbilisi 57: New Orleans leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
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. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansTbilisi
Official language-Georgian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m575 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansTbilisi
City population383,9971,331,485
People per km²4231,849
Museums within 10 km1629
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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.