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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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. Plovdiv and Tbilisi are level on 7.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Tbilisi 62: Plovdiv leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Tbilisi 58: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Tbilisi 52: Plovdiv leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTbilisi
Official languageBulgarianGeorgian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m575 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTbilisi
City population333,9941,331,485
People per km²3,2741,849
Museums within 10 km1829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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.