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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Tbilisi or Vienna?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Vienna 68: Tbilisi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Vienna 50: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Vienna 74: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Vienna 44: Tbilisi leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Vienna 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 Vienna.

Your match

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

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
15 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TbilisiVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiVienna
Official languageGeorgianGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyLari (GEL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation575 m151 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiVienna
City population1,331,4852,028,289
People per km²1,8494,890
Museums within 10 km29152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.