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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tbilisi or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Victoria for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Victoria 50: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Victoria 42: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Victoria 30: Tbilisi leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Victoria 54: Tbilisi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Victoria 40: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Victoria 34: Tbilisi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Victoria 40: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Victoria 48: Tbilisi leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Victoria.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiVictoria
City population1,331,48591,867
People per km²1,8494,711
Museums within 10 km296
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.