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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • 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. Santa Marta 70, Tbilisi 7: Santa Marta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta 50, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Tbilisi 58: Santa Marta leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta and Tbilisi are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 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: Santa Marta and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
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.

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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Santa MartaTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaTbilisi
Official languageSpanishGeorgian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+4
Emergency number123112
Elevation8 m575 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaTbilisi
City population505,9151,331,485
People per km²1,7231,849
Museums within 10 km329
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.