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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
Santa MonicaThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Santa Monica by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Santa Monica 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 Monica for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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 Monica 66, Tbilisi 7: Santa Monica leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Santa Monica 60, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Monica 35, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Santa Monica 38, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Monica 72, Tbilisi 58: Santa Monica leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Santa Monica 64, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Santa Monica 70, Tbilisi 45: Santa Monica leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Santa Monica and Tbilisi are level on 52.
Shopping & style. Santa Monica 56, Tbilisi 42: Santa Monica leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Santa Monica 14, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Monica 38, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Monica 45, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Monica and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Santa Monica
51match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on prices 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.

Santa Monica in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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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Santa MonicaTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Monica: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (13.4 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MonicaTbilisi
Official language-Georgian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911112
Elevation32 m575 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)11 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MonicaTbilisi
City population93,0761,331,485
People per km²4,2701,849
Museums within 10 km1929
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.