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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Telluride?

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 Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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. Tbilisi 7, Telluride 5: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Telluride 38: Tbilisi leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Telluride 20: Tbilisi leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Telluride 20: Tbilisi leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Telluride 30: Tbilisi leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi and Telluride are level on 45.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Telluride 25: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Telluride 7: Tbilisi leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Telluride 35: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Telluride 45: Tbilisi leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Telluride.

Your match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
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

Telluride 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiTelluride
Official languageGeorgian-
CurrencyLari (GEL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation575 m2,667 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiTelluride
City population1,331,4852,607
People per km²1,8491,372
Museums within 10 km290
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.