Batumi · Month comparison

July vs May

May ranks #1 overall vs July at #11. Pre-beach sweet spot — 20°C, restaurants reopen seafront terraces, no marshrutka chaos yet.

Crowded Batumi pebble beach in July

July

#11 of 12 months

Strong option

Peak begins — Russian, Turkish and Israeli flights pile into the airport; pebble beach packed shoulder-to-shoulder.

  • ↑Sea at 25°C — warmest of the Georgian coast
  • ↑Ali and Nino moving sculpture lit nightly; Old Boulevard alive past 1am
Batumi New Boulevard and Ferris wheel in May

May

#1 of 12 months

Best match

Pre-beach sweet spot — 20°C, restaurants reopen seafront terraces, no marshrutka chaos yet.

  • ↑Tbilisi-Batumi train at Stadler 5h speed is comfortable and €25 in business
  • ↑Adjarian wine harvest preview tastings in Keda valley
FactorJulyMay
Weather score
7
8
Value score
3
8
Crowd score
3
8
Events score
8
6
Atmosphere
9
9
Avg high temp27°C20°C
Monthly rain160mm90mm
Daily sunshine9hrs7hrs

July trade-offs

  • ↓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

May trade-offs

  • ↓Sea at 17°C — chilly but possible for cold-water swimmers
  • ↓90mm rain still arrives in afternoon thundery bursts
See all 12 months for Batumi →July in detail →May in detail →
Scores compare months within Batumi. Climate data: Open Meteo ERA5 30-year normals (1991–2020). Methodology →