VacationSelector
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Tokyo 48: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
TbilisiTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiTokyo
Official languageGeorgianJapanese
CurrencyLari (GEL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation575 m6 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiTokyo
City population1,331,48514,264,798
People per km²1,8496,501
Museums within 10 km29192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Tbilisi or Tokyo somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.