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The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Rome 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 Rome for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Rome 50, Tbilisi 7: Rome leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Rome 82, Tbilisi 72: Rome leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Rome 99, Tbilisi 62: Rome leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Rome 58, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rome and Tbilisi are level on 58.
Day trips. Rome 92, Tbilisi 77: Rome leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Rome 50, Tbilisi 45: Rome leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Rome 60, Tbilisi 52: Rome leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Rome 72, Tbilisi 42: Rome leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Rome 38, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rome 68, Tbilisi 57: Rome leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rome 40, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rome and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRomeTbilisi
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
Elevation21 m575 m
Main airportRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureRomeTbilisi
City population2,748,1091,331,485
People per km²2,1351,849
Museums within 10 km17829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
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.