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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Tromso 36: Tbilisi leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Tromso 27: Tbilisi leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Tromso 38: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Tromso 14: Tbilisi leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi and Tromso are level on 45.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Tromso 15: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Tromso 11: Tbilisi leads by 69 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Tromso 32: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Tromso 38: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Tromso.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TbilisiTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiTromso
Official languageGeorgianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyLari (GEL)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation575 m20 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiTromso
City population1,331,48579,943
People per km²1,84932
Museums within 10 km298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.