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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Tbilisi or Vancouver?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi and Vancouver are level on 72.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Vancouver 42: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Vancouver 42: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Vancouver 45: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Vancouver 27: Tbilisi leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Vancouver 52: Tbilisi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Vancouver 50: Tbilisi leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Vancouver.

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 prices and day trips with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiVancouver
Official languageGeorgianFrench, English
CurrencyLari (GEL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation575 m2 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiVancouver
City population1,331,485662,248
People per km²1,8495,759
Museums within 10 km2926
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. 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.