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Georgia price index: fifteen prices, read monthly

The prices a visitor actually pays, from a dumpling to a week's rental car, each read from the seller's own page on the day shown and kept as a dated series. Fifteen items, one basket figure, and the earlier readings so you can see which way each is moving.

Read on 13 October 2026, 14:30 Tbilisi time; the beds are for Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 October 2026, two adults. Conversions use the National Bank of Georgia rate for 17 October 2026: 1 USD = 2.5982 GEL, 1 EUR = 2.9274 GEL. Re-read on the first Wednesday of each month.

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  1. Khinkali

    2.60 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 Eat and drink about 1.00 USD, 0.89 EUR

    One unit
    One dumpling, kalakuri (beef and pork), from a plate of ten
    Where
    Khinkali House, 37 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi (Wolt menu)
    Earlier
    1.50 to 3 GEL at restaurant tables (22 September 2026)

    Ten kalakuri 26 GEL, twenty 50; beef 27 for ten, mushroom 24, cheese 25. Pasanauri on Leonidze Street listed ten kalakuri at 32.45 GEL on the same app the same day, so 2.60 to 3.25 a dumpling at the two best-known chains.

    Source: Wolt. Khinkali guide

  2. Imeruli khachapuri

    19.00 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 Eat and drink about 7 USD, 6 EUR

    One unit
    One small round, enough for one
    Where
    Khinkali House, 37 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi (Wolt menu)

    Large Imeruli 25.50 GEL, Adjaruli 21.50, Megruli large on the same menu. A bakery-window khachapuri is a different product at 3 to 8 GEL (our September reading).

    Source: Wolt. Khachapuri guide

  3. Cappuccino

    13.00 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 Eat and drink about 5 USD, 4.44 EUR

    One unit
    One medium, 350 ml, at a specialty cafe
    Where
    NUR Coffee Shop, Tbilisi (Wolt menu)
    Earlier
    8 to 12 GEL at specialty cafes (22 September 2026)

    Small 250 ml 9.00 GEL at the same cafe.

    Source: Wolt. Tbilisi cafes

  4. Still mineral water

    1.39 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 Eat and drink about 0.53 USD, 0.47 EUR

    One unit
    One litre bottle, Likani, supermarket shelf
    Where
    SPAR, Aghmashenebeli Avenue, Tbilisi (Wolt grocery listing)
    Earlier
    Likani 1 l 1.19 on offer, list 1.75 (22 September 2026)

    Shown against a 1.99 GEL list price. Mountain spring water 1.5 l was 1.60 GEL on the same shelf. Borjomi, the sparkling one, costs more.

    Source: Wolt. What Georgia costs

  5. Petrol

    4.03 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 Getting around about 1.55 USD, 1.38 EUR

    One unit
    One litre of Euro Regular at Gulf
    Where
    Gulf price board, all stations
    Earlier
    3.97 GEL (4 October 2026); 3.85 GEL (14 September 2026)

    3.93 GEL with the Gulf+ card. Premium 4.33, Super 4.65, Euro Diesel 4.93 to 4.99. Up 6 tetri since 4 October and 18 since mid-September.

    Source: gulf.ge. Renting a car in Georgia

  6. Metro or bus ride in Tbilisi

    1.00 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 Getting around about 0.38 USD, 0.34 EUR

    One unit
    One ride, 90 minutes of transfers included
    Where
    Tbilisi Transport Company standard tariff
    Earlier
    1.00 GEL (12 October 2026); 1.00 GEL (25 September 2026)

    Paid with a Metromoney card or a bank card; a foreign card is charged about 1.50 GEL after conversion. Unchanged since our first reading.

    Source: ttc.com.ge tariff. Tbilisi metro guide

  7. Bolt across Tbilisi

    8 to 15 GEL

    Desk reading 22 September 2026 Getting around about 3.08 USD, 2.73 EUR

    One unit
    One cross-city ride by day, Vake to the old town or the station
    Where
    The Bolt app, our rides

    Bolt publishes no fares online (its Tbilisi city page carries none on 13 October 2026), so this is what our rides cost when the budget guide was re-read. Short hops in the centre 4 to 7 GEL; the airport 15 to 25 by day.

    Source: our budget guide reading. Bolt in Georgia

  8. Marshrutka to Kazbegi

    20 GEL

    Desk reading 2 October 2026 Getting around about 8 USD, 7 EUR

    One unit
    One seat, Didube to Stepantsminda, 152 km
    Where
    Didube yard ticket desk

    Vans sell nothing online, so the price keeps the date of our last desk reading. Gudauri 15 GEL on the same van.

    Source: Didube yard, our reading. Transport fares index

  9. Rental car for a week

    154 USD (22 USD a day)

    Read online 13 October 2026 Getting around about 400 GEL, 137 EUR

    One unit
    Seven days of the cheapest compact on Localrent Tbilisi, no deposit
    Where
    Localrent Tbilisi listing, 1,180 cars, price low to high
    Earlier
    24 USD a day (Prius, Ford Fiesta) (4 October 2026); 25.98 USD a day (Fiesta, Polo, Forte) (22 September 2026)

    A Toyota Prius at 22 USD a day with no deposit, unlimited mileage, free cancellation and full coverage at no charge; the listing prices its default 16 to 30 October window (308 USD for 14 days) and only prices a week once you set dates, so the week here is the daily rate times seven. Next cheapest: Prius 23, Ford Fusion 24.15, Honda Fit 24.80.

    Source: localrent.com. Renting a car in Georgia

  10. Guesthouse double in Tbilisi

    70 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 A bed about 27 USD, 24 EUR

    One unit
    One night for two, private bathroom, Saturday 17 October
    Where
    Leon Rooms, Marjanishvili, Tbilisi

    Double Room with Private Bathroom, 17 square metres, one left, partially refundable, pay the property, no card needed. The same room was 70 GEL for Tuesday 20 October when we read it this morning.

    Source: Booking.com. Where to stay in Tbilisi

  11. Guesthouse double in Kazbegi

    70 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 A bed about 27 USD, 24 EUR

    One unit
    One night for two, Stepantsminda, Saturday 17 October
    Where
    Guest House Nazy, 700 m from the centre, scored 9.1

    Double Room, free cancellation, one left. Sunny guesthouse had a Large Double at 70 GEL and Relax Kazbegi a balcony double at 99 the same night; 81 percent of the town's guesthouses were already full for the date.

    Source: Booking.com. Where to stay in Kazbegi

  12. Guesthouse double in Mestia

    80 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 A bed about 31 USD, 27 EUR

    One unit
    One night for two, private bathroom, Saturday 17 October
    Where
    Guesthouse Mountain View, 3 Chartolani Street, Mestia
    Earlier
    80 GEL, the same room and night (12 October 2026)

    Double Room with Private Bathroom, 16 square metres, three left, free cancellation before 14 October, pay at the property; breakfast 25 GEL extra. Single occupancy 70.

    Source: Booking.com. Where to stay in Mestia

  13. Airalo eSIM, 5 GB for 30 days

    17 USD

    Read online 13 October 2026 Data and insurance about 44 GEL, 15 EUR

    One unit
    One Georgia plan, data only
    Where
    airalo.com Georgia page
    Earlier
    17 USD (5 October 2026); 16 USD (19 September 2026)

    1 GB for 3 days 4.50 USD, 3 GB for 7 days 11, 5 GB for 15 days 16, 10 GB for 30 days 28.50. Up a dollar since September.

    Source: airalo.com. Best eSIM for Georgia

  14. SafetyWing Essential, four weeks

    62.72 USD

    Read online 13 October 2026 Data and insurance about 163 GEL, 56 EUR

    One unit
    One traveller aged 18 to 39, travel medical cover
    Where
    safetywing.com pricing
    Earlier
    62.72 USD (4 October 2026)

    Meets the 30,000 GEL sum-insured rule for tourists; other age bands cost more on its calculator. Unchanged since 4 October.

    Source: safetywing.com. Travel insurance for Georgia

  15. Private sulfur bath room

    130 GEL

    Read online 13 October 2026 A treat about 50 USD, 44 EUR

    One unit
    One hour, the smallest private room, for one or two
    Where
    Chreli Abano (Orbeliani Baths), Abanotubani, Tbilisi
    Earlier
    130 GEL (7 September 2026)

    Room 6 for one or two; the standard rooms for up to four or six are 200 GEL, room 10 for three is 160, the VIP apartment 500 and the Royal apartment 600. The Royal Bath House next door starts at 150 GEL an hour on its own site the same day. Unchanged since 7 September.

    Source: chreliabano.ge. Tbilisi sulfur baths

The basket, 13 October 2026

1,026 GEL

about 395 USD or 350 EUR for one of each of the fifteen

  • Eat and drink 36 GEL
  • Getting around 433 GEL
  • A bed 220 GEL
  • Data and insurance 207 GEL
  • A treat 130 GEL

Moved since September

13 of 15 prices were read from the seller's own page on 13 October 2026; the other two say what they rest on. First reading of the series; the month-on-month line starts in November.

Budget a real week

What the reading shows

Three things the October reading tells you

Fuel is the price that keeps moving. Gulf's Euro Regular went from 3.85 GEL a litre in mid-September to 3.97 on 4 October and 4.03 on 13 October, 18 tetri in a month, with diesel now a shade under 5 GEL. On a 1,200 km loop at 7.5 litres per 100 km that is about 16 GEL more than it was in September, which still leaves a tank cheaper than anywhere in the EU.

A guesthouse double costs the same in the capital and the mountains. 70 GEL buys a room with its own bathroom at Leon Rooms in Tbilisi and at Guest House Nazy in Stepantsminda for the same Saturday, and 80 GEL does it in Mestia. What changes is availability: four fifths of Stepantsminda's guesthouses were already full for 17 October when we looked four days out, while Mestia still had three of the room left.

The dollar-priced items have drifted in opposite directions. Airalo's 5 GB plan is up a dollar on September at 17 USD, while the cheapest no-deposit car in Tbilisi has come down from 25.98 to 22 USD a day as the season ends. A week in that Prius plus two tanks of petrol is about 760 GEL, a little more than a GoTrip driver for two Tbilisi to Batumi runs at 342 GEL a car each way.

How to check a price yourself

Every row names its source. Thirteen of the fifteen are public pages in English or with figures that read without the language; the other two are what a ride and a van seat cost us, with the date.

  1. 1

    Food and drink: open the menu on Wolt

    wolt.com carries the delivery menus of most Tbilisi restaurants, cafes and supermarkets with prices in lari, readable without an account. Search the venue, scroll the menu; the khinkali chains list a plate of ten, so divide. The supermarket listings print a per-litre price under each bottle.

  2. 2

    Fuel: Gulf prints its board online

    gulf.ge shows today's price for every grade in two columns, the pump price and the price with its loyalty card. Wissol, Socar and Lukoil sit within a few tetri of it.

  3. 3

    Transport: the operator tariff and the fare index

    The Tbilisi Transport Company's standard tariff is in Georgian but the figures read without it: 1 GEL and 90 minutes. Train, coach and van prices are on our fare index with the day each was read. Bolt shows a fare only inside the app once you enter a destination.

  4. 4

    Beds: a property page for one Saturday

    On Booking.com set two adults, the next Saturday night and lari as the currency, then open the property rather than trusting the search card: the room grid shows the rate, what it includes, how many are left and the cancellation rule. We use the same three guesthouses each month so the series compares like with like.

  5. 5

    Car, eSIM, insurance: the sellers themselves

    localrent.com sorted price low to high gives the cheapest car in Tbilisi with its deposit and coverage terms; airalo.com lists every Georgia plan; safetywing.com prices its Essential plan by age band. All three price in dollars, which is why those rows carry a lari conversion at the National Bank rate.

  6. 6

    The bath: the bathhouse booking page

    chreliabano.ge lists every private room with its capacity and hourly price, and takes the booking. The Royal Bath House does the same on royalbath.ge. Both are in Georgian; the prices are not.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a week in Georgia cost in October 2026?
The fifteen prices here add up to 1,026 GEL (about 395 USD) with one of each: a dumpling, a khachapuri, a cappuccino, a litre of water, a litre of petrol, a metro ride, a Bolt, a van to Kazbegi, a rental car for seven days, three guesthouse nights, an eSIM, four weeks of insurance and an hour in a sulfur bath. That is a basket for tracking prices, not a budget. For a real week with meals and nights multiplied out, use the budget calculator; a couple in guesthouses spends about 200 to 370 GEL a day between them.
How much is a khinkali in Tbilisi?
2.60 GEL each at Khinkali House on Rustaveli Avenue (ten for 26 GEL) and 3.25 at Pasanauri on Leonidze Street (ten for 32.45), both on their Wolt menus read on 13 October 2026. Our September reading at restaurant tables was 1.50 to 3 GEL; delivery menus run a little above the table price. Five is a meal.
What does petrol cost in Georgia?
4.03 GEL a litre for Euro Regular on Gulf's board on 13 October 2026 (3.93 with its card), against 3.97 on 4 October and 3.85 in mid-September. Premium was 4.33 and diesel 4.93 to 4.99. A 45-litre fill of regular is about 181 GEL, or 70 USD.
How much is a guesthouse in Georgia per night?
70 GEL for a double with its own bathroom in Tbilisi (Leon Rooms) and in Stepantsminda (Guest House Nazy), and 80 GEL in Mestia (Guesthouse Mountain View), all for Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 October 2026 and two adults, read on Booking.com on 13 October 2026. Breakfast is usually extra in Mestia (25 GEL here) and included at many Kazbegi guesthouses.
Why are two prices dated earlier than the page?
Bolt publishes no fares and the marshrutka yards sell nothing online, so those two rows carry the date of the reading they rest on (our own rides on 22 September and the Didube ticket desk on 2 October). Thirteen of the fifteen were read from the seller's own page on 13 October 2026, and every row says which.
When is the index updated?
On the first Wednesday of each month, when the shift that runs the road status board re-reads all fifteen prices from the same sources. Each new reading is added to the row and the old one moves into the Earlier line, so the page shows how each price has moved since the series began in October 2026.

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