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The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Phuket 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 Phuket for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Phuket 90, Tbilisi 7: Phuket leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Phuket 66, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Phuket 35, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Phuket 72, Tbilisi 70: Phuket leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phuket 80, Tbilisi 58: Phuket leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Phuket 45, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Phuket 65, Tbilisi 45: Phuket leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Phuket 22, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Phuket and Tbilisi are level on 42.
Affordability. Phuket 68, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phuket 20, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phuket 82, Tbilisi 66: Phuket leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phuket and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Phuket
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhuketTbilisi
Official languageThaiGeorgian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Lari (GEL)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation19 m575 m
Main airportPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhuketTbilisi
City population77,6101,331,485
People per km²6,4681,849
Museums within 10 km229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.