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Best time to visit Batumi
May
May scores highest overall — reliable weather and good value. Set your priorities below to personalise this result.
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May
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Pre-beach sweet spot — 20°C, restaurants reopen seafront terraces, no marshrutka chaos yet.
20°C
High
13°C
Low
90mm
Rain
7h
Sun/day
What you gain
- ↑Tbilisi-Batumi train at Stadler 5h speed is comfortable and €25 in business
- ↑Adjarian wine harvest preview tastings in Keda valley
- ↑Boulevard cycling and Ferris wheel rides in shirtsleeves
What you sacrifice
- ↓Sea at 17°C — chilly but possible for cold-water swimmers
- ↓90mm rain still arrives in afternoon thundery bursts
May scores highest overall — reliable weather and good value. Set your priorities below to personalise this result.
May
Pre-beach sweet spot — 20°C, restaurants reopen seafront terraces, no marshrutka chaos yet.
20°C
High
90mm
Rain
7h
Sun
- ↑Tbilisi-Batumi train at Stadler 5h speed is comfortable and €25 in business
- ↑Adjarian wine harvest preview tastings in Keda valley
- ↑Boulevard cycling and Ferris wheel rides in shirtsleeves
- ↓Sea at 17°C — chilly but possible for cold-water swimmers
- ↓90mm rain still arrives in afternoon thundery bursts
Top travel windows
★ BestMay
Best overall
Highest combined score
20°C
High
90mm
Rain
7h
Sun
March
Best for value
Lowest prices & fees
12°C
High
110mm
Rain
5h
Sun
March
Fewest crowds
Quietest month
12°C
High
110mm
Rain
5h
Sun
Breakdown by priority
Best for weather
September
25°C high · 200mm rain · 7hrs sun/day
Best for budget
March
Botanical Garden's magnolia, camellia and rhododendron all bloom in March
Fewest crowds
March
Botanical Garden's magnolia, camellia and rhododendron all bloom in March
Where to stay in Batumi
All neighbourhoods →
Old Town & Piazza Square
Restored 19th-century quarter — Italianate Piazza, narrow Ottoman alleys, Adjarian khachapuri at every corner.
10/10
Central
10/10
Walk
8/10
Transit
Batumi Port & North
Working ferry-and-cargo port — Soviet apartment blocks, local markets, almost no tourism.
6/10
Central
7/10
Walk
8/10
Transit
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A sun-drenched Atlantic capital where tram lines weave through hilltop neighbourhoods and prices stay genuinely affordable by Western European standards.
Barcelona
Spain
A Mediterranean city that runs on architecture, food markets, and beach culture — with a tourism problem that makes timing absolutely critical.
Santorini
Greece
The caldera sunsets and white-washed cliffside villages are real — but so is a tourism infrastructure that was never designed for 3 million annual visitors.
Worth knowing
May scores highest overall. August is the most crowded month — avoid if you can. See crowd-free ranking →
Month by month breakdown
January#10▾
Gains
- ↑Adjarian khachapuri at Retro Boulevard or Laguna at half-summer prices
- ↑Old Georgian New Year (Bedoba, 14 Jan) — full restaurant atmosphere
- ↑Botanical Garden still green and mostly empty
Sacrifices
- ↓200mm rain across 17 wet days — bring proper waterproofs
- ↓Beach culture entirely closed; pier promenade often inaccessible in storms
- ↓Many beachfront hotels run on skeleton service
February#9▾
Gains
- ↑Goderdzi ski pass €15/day — half the price of Gudauri or Bakuriani
- ↑Sub-tropical Batumi vs alpine Adjara within a single drive
- ↑Restaurant reservations unnecessary anywhere
Sacrifices
- ↓140mm rain in 14 days; sea at 8°C
- ↓Old Town pedestrianised streets puddle and ice on cold nights
March#5▾
Gains
- ↑Botanical Garden's magnolia, camellia and rhododendron all bloom in March
- ↑Boulevard 6km bike rentals reopen — €3/hour
- ↑Day-trip to Mtirala National Park rainforest at perfect 14°C
Sacrifices
- ↓110mm rain still common — pack a shell
- ↓Sea at 9°C, off-limits for swimming
April#3▾
Gains
- ↑Green Cape Botanical Garden (108 hectares) at peak bloom
- ↑Gonio Roman fortress 10km south at 18°C and empty
- ↑Hotel rates half of August across the boulevard
Sacrifices
- ↓Sea still 12°C — paddling only
- ↓Some Old Town courtyard cafés still on winter hours
May#1▾
Gains
- ↑Tbilisi-Batumi train at Stadler 5h speed is comfortable and €25 in business
- ↑Adjarian wine harvest preview tastings in Keda valley
- ↑Boulevard cycling and Ferris wheel rides in shirtsleeves
Sacrifices
- ↓Sea at 17°C — chilly but possible for cold-water swimmers
- ↓90mm rain still arrives in afternoon thundery bursts
June#4▾
Gains
- ↑Sea swimmable at 22°C across all boulevard beaches
- ↑Batumi International Music Festival typically late June
- ↑Lifeguarded pebble beach in front of boulevard fully operational
Sacrifices
- ↓130mm rain — afternoon thunderstorms typical of sub-tropical climate
- ↓Weekend marshrutka and train traffic from Tbilisi noticeably heavier
July#11▾
Gains
- ↑Sea at 25°C — warmest of the Georgian coast
- ↑Ali and Nino moving sculpture lit nightly; Old Boulevard alive past 1am
- ↑Direct flights from Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Warsaw at full schedule
Sacrifices
- ↓Hotel rates 2-3x April; some boutique stays sell out by May
- ↓160mm rain across thundery afternoons — still tropical humidity
- ↓Old Town and Piazza saturated weekends
August#12▾
Gains
- ↑Black Sea Jazz Festival (late July/early Aug)
- ↑Sea at 26°C; nightlife along New Boulevard rooftop bars open to 4am
- ↑Khachapuri Adjaruli, mtsvadi BBQ and Saperavi wine at every café terrace
Sacrifices
- ↓Beach a wall of bodies 11am-7pm
- ↓Peak hotel rates — boutique stays in Old Town €120-180 vs €40 in shoulder
- ↓Heaviest rain of the high season — 180mm thundery downpours
September#2▾
Gains
- ↑Sea at 24°C through most of the month
- ↑Hotel rates drop 50% by mid-month; flights cheaper
- ↑Wine-harvest day trips to Keda valley begin
Sacrifices
- ↓200mm rain — wettest first half can wash out 2-3 days
- ↓Some Russian/Israeli direct flight schedules thin out late month
October#6▾
Gains
- ↑Rtveli wine harvest experiences in Keda and Khulo
- ↑Adjara green tea plantations (Chakvi) at golden harvest stage
- ↑Hotels in Old Town from €30/night
Sacrifices
- ↓230mm rain — Batumi's wettest stretch; some flooding on lower boulevard
- ↓Sea cooling to 20°C; beach culture mostly closed
November#7▾
Gains
- ↑Hotel rates at year low; €25 boutique stays steps from Old Town
- ↑Restaurant tables anywhere without booking, intimate atmosphere
- ↑Drive up to Khulo (1,000m) for first snow on the Adjara mountains
Sacrifices
- ↓250mm rain — wettest month of the year by some measures
- ↓Sea storms damage promenade weekly; no beach culture
December#8▾
Gains
- ↑Batumi NYE — fireworks along 6km boulevard, free, family-friendly
- ↑Russian/Israeli winter-sun flights still operating; flight prices reasonable
- ↑Ski day trips to Goderdzi (2.5h east) viable mid-month onwards
Sacrifices
- ↓NYE week pushes hotel rates 3-4x baseline
- ↓240mm rain; daytime only 11°C
How this is calculated
Climate data
Open Meteo ERA5
30-year normals (1991–2020). Temperature, rainfall, sunshine, humidity.
Price & crowd
Tourism research
Seasonal pricing from tourism authority data. Directional — compares months within a destination only.
Personalisation
Weighted scoring
Your priorities change the weights. Budget-first users get different results than weather-first users.
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