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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
VaranasiRowing boats below the ghats in the morning light

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Varanasi by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Varanasi?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Varanasi for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Varanasi’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, Varanasi 4: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Varanasi 55: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Varanasi 80: Varanasi leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Varanasi 10: Tbilisi leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Varanasi 18: Tbilisi leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Varanasi 42: Tbilisi leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Varanasi 5: Tbilisi leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Varanasi 28: Tbilisi leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Varanasi 92: Varanasi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Varanasi 58: Varanasi leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Varanasi 30: Tbilisi leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Varanasi.

Your match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Varanasi
40match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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
15 hdaylight a day

Varanasi in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
249 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiVaranasi
Official languageGeorgianHindi, English
CurrencyLari (GEL)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation575 m76 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiVaranasi
City population1,331,4851,198,491
People per km²1,84914,598
Museums within 10 km292
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.