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Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Tbilisi or Zadar?

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
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Tbilisi 72, Zadar 45: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Tbilisi 62, Zadar 55: Tbilisi leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Tbilisi 70, Zadar 38: Tbilisi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tbilisi 58, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Tbilisi 77, Zadar 70: Tbilisi leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Tbilisi 45, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Tbilisi 52, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Tbilisi 42, Zadar 27: Tbilisi leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tbilisi 80, Zadar 52: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tbilisi 57, Zadar 28: Tbilisi leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tbilisi 66, Zadar 35: Tbilisi leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tbilisi and Zadar.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTbilisiZadar
Official languageGeorgianCroatian
CurrencyLari (GEL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation575 m5 m
Main airportTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTbilisiZadar
City population1,331,48570,779
People per km²1,849-
Museums within 10 km291
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.