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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Tunis?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Tunis 60: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Tunis 33: Tbilisi leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Tunis 45: Tbilisi leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi and Tunis are level on 77.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Tunis 38: Tbilisi leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Tunis 48: Tbilisi leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Tunis 38: Tbilisi leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Tunis 58: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Tbilisi
57match

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

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiTunis
Official languageGeorgianArabic
CurrencyLari (GEL)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation575 m4 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiTunis
City population1,331,485602,560
People per km²1,8492,834
Museums within 10 km2916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.