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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Tirana?

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

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Tirana 57: Tbilisi leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Tirana 42: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Tirana 58: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Tirana 64: Tbilisi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Tirana 40: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Tirana 32: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Tirana 76: Tbilisi leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Tirana 32: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Tirana 27: Tbilisi leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Tirana.

Your match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiTirana
Official languageGeorgianAlbanian
CurrencyLari (GEL)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation575 m110 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiTirana
City population1,331,485389,323
People per km²1,8499,314
Museums within 10 km2911
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.