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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • 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. Palermo 77, Tbilisi 7: Palermo leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Tbilisi 72: Palermo leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Tbilisi 62: Palermo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Tbilisi 58: Palermo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Tbilisi 77: Palermo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Tbilisi 42: Palermo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Tbilisi 57: Palermo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tbilisi
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.

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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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Where the figures come from

Palermo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoTbilisi
Official languageItalianGeorgian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m575 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoTbilisi
City population630,1671,331,485
People per km²3,9241,849
Museums within 10 km4229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.