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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Penang 44, Tbilisi 7: Penang leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Tbilisi 72: Penang leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, Tbilisi 62: Penang leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Tbilisi 45: Penang leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Penang and Tbilisi are level on 42.
Affordability. Penang 78, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 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: Penang and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Penang
52match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips 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.

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
12 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. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangTbilisi
Official languageMalayGeorgian
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+4
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m575 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangTbilisi
City population794,3131,331,485
People per km²-1,849
Museums within 10 km929
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.