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Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Ottawa 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 Ottawa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Ottawa 35, Tbilisi 7: Ottawa leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Ottawa 45, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Ottawa and Tbilisi are level on 62.
Nightlife. Ottawa 35, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ottawa 68, Tbilisi 58: Ottawa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Ottawa 55, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Ottawa 68, Tbilisi 45: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Ottawa 62, Tbilisi 52: Ottawa leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Ottawa 40, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ottawa 40, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ottawa 52, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ottawa 55, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Ottawa
51match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOttawaTbilisi
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
Elevation70 m575 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaTbilisi
City population1,017,4491,331,485
People per km²3661,849
Museums within 10 km2029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.