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Guria

Located in Georgia Coordinates: 41°58′00″ N 42°12′00″ E

Map showing the location of Guria Guria
Location in Georgia
Population
100,600
100.6K
Elevation
204 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+04:00
Asia/Tbilisi · UTC+04:00
Places inside
17
listed under Guria
When to go
MayOctober
See the climate
Airports
KUT David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport33 km
BUS Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport64 km

About Guria

Guria is a region. Location: Georgia. Population: 100,600. The best months to visit are May, October. The nearest airport is David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (33 km).

Travel notes for Guria

From Wikivoyage

Southwestern Georgia is a region along Georgia's Black Sea coast, which borders Turkey to the south.

Understand+

Southwestern Georgia consists of two regions: Ajara and Guria. The region includes a variety of localities, from historic towns and cities, through ports, industrial areas, beach resorts and natural reserves. It therefore offers a varied mixture of holiday opportunities to the travelers, as you can engage in traditional beach activities and do a fair share of inspiring sightseeing. Ajara is an autonomous region of Georgia 30% of whose population is Muslim. It has beaches, palm trees, and wonderfully fattening food. Guria, on the other hand, is famous for its "Gurian Riders", trick horse riders who toured the United States as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

The climate of Southwestern Georgia ranges from subtropical to high alpine, and is one of Georgia's greenest and wettest regions.

Get in+

By plane:

Batumi has its international airport. Taxi from airport to the city costs about 10 lari. Other nearest major international airports are in Trabzon, Turkey and Kutaisi. There are regular flights from Tbilisi to Batumi international airports.

By train:

Batumi, Ureki, Kobuleti and Ozurgeti has a railway stations. These cities are linked to each other and to Tbilisi by the railway.

Tickets can be bought at stations and online.

By bus:

There are daily coach arrivals and departures in several directions: Kutaisi, Samtredia, Poti and Tbilisi, also from Istanbul, as well as easy marshrutka. Marshrutkas head to Btumi and Ozurgeti from the bus stations in Tbilisi and Kutaisi. Batumi is the easiest destination to get to, and is widely served by public transport.

By car:

Batumi, Kobuleti and Ureki lies on the well-developed international road which links Turkey to Georgia. Other cities lies on national roads which are paved with concrete. Roads are beautiful and ideal for a scenic drive.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Guria

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May, October.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 16° · Night 8° · Rain 166 mm

Hottest month
August (day 29°)
Coldest month
February (night 3°)
Wettest month
December (193 mm)
Driest month
May (96 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Guria
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)10°11°14°19°23°27°29°29°26°22°16°11°
Average low (°C)3°3°5°10°13°16°19°19°16°12°8°4°
Precipitation (mm)15512710010096135106120137162166193

Other places to visit in this season: May October

How to get to Guria

The nearest airport is David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT), 33 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Kutaisi, 53 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) Kopitnari 33 kmnortheast
  • Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS) Batumi 64 kmsouthwest
  • Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport (SUI) Sukhumi 133 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Kutaisi Population: 135.2K 53 kmnortheast
  • Batumi Population: 186.9K 60 kmsouthwest
  • Rize Population: 119.8K 175 kmsouthwest
  • Tbilisi Population: 1M 221 kmeast
  • Trabzon Population: 244.1K 233 kmsouthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Places in Guria

17 places
  1. 1 Ozurgeti 55.6K
  2. 2 Lanchkhuti Municipality 28.2K
  3. 3 Chokhatauri Municipality 16.7K
  4. 4 Shemok'medi 1.3K
  5. 5 Ch’anch’ati 499
  6. 6 Supsa 273
  7. 7 Mamati 254

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages9

Lakes, rivers & coasts1

Largest cities and towns

Sources & licences

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