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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

New York 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 York for

  • shopping
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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 York 50, Tbilisi 7: New York leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Tbilisi 72: New York leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Tbilisi 62: New York leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Tbilisi 70: New York leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 9 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Tbilisi 45: New York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Tbilisi 52: New York leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Tbilisi 42: New York leads by 55 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Tbilisi 57: New York leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 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: New York and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and beaches 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.

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 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 York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkTbilisi
Official language-Georgian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911112
Elevation25 m575 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkTbilisi
City population8,804,1901,331,485
People per km²7,2561,849
Museums within 10 km15729
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.