01
Cost of living
$220/mo
GE · BATUMILocal facts
Living in Batumi.
Georgia's Black Sea resort city: subtropical, green and very wet, with palm-lined promenades and cheap seafront apartments. Cleaner air than Tbilisi but a heavy autumn–winter rainy season, a smaller services scene, and rents that spike every summer.
VerifiedUpdated
Population 235,668
· Asia/Tbilisi· Georgia rules apply
Geostat 2024 census (via Civil.ge)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Nov 14, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Geostat 2024 census count for Batumi, relayed via Civil.ge/1TV — Geostat's primary tables render via JavaScript and weren't directly fetchable.
- Notes
- 2024 census; fastest-growing Georgian city (+54%).
GE · BATUMI
01
At a glance
The headline numbers for Batumi — each with its own source and freshness. A live official figure is not the same as a survey estimate or a 30-year climate normal.
10.0/10
02
Rent, 1–3 bed
$420–$1,200
/mo
03
Freelancer tax
1%
Safety
7.0/102.03/100k
Air quality
7.2/1011.9 µg/m³
Internet
0.7/1016 Mbps
English
7.0/10High
Private health
10.0/10$450/yr
What the tags meanofficial — live figure from a government or authorityopen data — open dataset (Eurostat, EEA, M-Lab, UdSC…)survey — survey or index estimatecurated — SettleMetric-assembled estimate — open the source for the method
02
What it costs you per month
A planning estimate: real asking rent plus a cost-of-living basket scaled to your household. Not a quote.
Household
Lifestyle
Location
Estimated total
$650/mo
≈ $7,800 / year
Where it goes
- Rent (1-bed)$420
- Food & non-alcoholic drinks$88
- Restaurants, recreation & communications$41
- Transport$26
- Healthcare (out-of-pocket)$25
- Utilities & energy$18
- Clothing & footwear$13
- Household goods$12
- Education$7
- Living costs$230
Rent from the asking-rent matrix below. Living costs scale a one-person basket ($230/mo) by household size and lifestyle; the equivalence factors are our assumption. Schooling and one-off setup are excluded.
03
Cost of living
What a single person spends each month — food, utilities, transport, eating out and the rest — excluding rent.
Geostat — Households Expenditures survey 2025 (category shares)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Geostat 2025 per-capita consumption shares (food 38.7%, transport 11.4%, healthcare 11.0%, etc.) applied to the ~$220/mo excl-rent base and converted at 2.6431 GEL/USD. Georgia's very high food share is characteristic of the income level. National average — rent shown separately.
01Food & non-alcoholic drinks88 USD
02Restaurants, recreation & communications41 USD
03Transport26 USD
04Healthcare (out-of-pocket)25 USD
05Utilities & energy18 USD
06Clothing & footwear13 USD
07Household goods12 USD
08Education7 USD
Georgia's household-budget basket for a single person, excluding rent. Non-rent costs vary little between cities — the city-specific part is rent, shown under Housing below.
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)country-level220USD/month, single person, excluding rent10.0
What this measures
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Lower is betterUSD/month, single person, excluding rentre-verified every 365 days
Curated by SettleMetric
Geostat — Households Expenditures survey 2025
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Geostat 2025 average per-capita monthly consumption (603 GEL) split by the survey's COICOP category shares, with the imputed-housing portion removed, converted at 2.6431 GEL/USD (NBG 2026-07-02). Categories sum to this figure. Geostat has no clean single-person-excl-rent basket, so treat as a curated estimate.
04
Housing
What it costs to rent, by apartment type and location.
ss.ge / korter.ge / batumiexpert listing samples (Batumi)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Typical long-term asking-rent medians from active listings (portals quote USD), central = Old Boulevard/seaside, outside = inland districts. Small samples — indicative.
- Notes
- Batumi rents swing sharply with the summer tourist season; these are long-term winter/shoulder rates. Asking, not transacted. Room-count convention mapped (a '2-room' listing ≈ a 1-bedroom).
| Apartment | Central | Outside centre |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 450 USD/mo | 320 USD/mo |
| 1-bedroom | 550 USD/mo | 420 USD/mo |
| 2-bedroom | 850 USD/mo | 550 USD/mo |
| 3-bedroom | 1,200 USD/mo | 800 USD/mo |
05
Climate
Temperature and rainfall through the year, plus air quality.
Climate normals 1991–2020, Batumi (WMO 37484)
Research
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2020
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- 1991–2020 station normals (Batumi WMO 37484). Humid subtropical, ~2,435 mm/year with an autumn precipitation peak. Cross-checked against weather-atlas/Weather Spark summaries (agree within rounding); a corrupted Wikipedia max column was rejected.
Average day/night temperature (lines, left axis) and total rainfall (bars, right axis) for each month — 1991–2020 normals. Hover a month for exact figures.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime high °C | 11.0° | 11.4° | 13.8° | 16.9° | 20.2° | 24.3° | 26.5° | 27.5° | 24.8° | 21.3° | 16.7° | 13.0° |
| Nighttime low °C | 4.6° | 4.4° | 6.1° | 8.9° | 13.3° | 17.6° | 20.3° | 21.0° | 17.6° | 14.0° | 9.3° | 6.5° |
| Rainfall mm | 238 | 189 | 153 | 113 | 108 | 142 | 168 | 205 | 262 | 277 | 312 | 268 |
01Climate comfort3pleasant months/year3.0
What this measures
Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.
Higher is betterpleasant months/yearre-verified every 3650 days
Curated by SettleMetric
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2020
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precip < 150mm: Apr, May, Jun = 3. Jul–Nov all exceed 150mm precipitation (very wet).
02Air quality (PM2.5)11.9µg/m³, annual mean PM2.57.2
What this measures
Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.
Lower is betterµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5re-verified every 730 days
Research
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Attribution: IQAir. Coastal Batumi is cleaner than Tbilisi (sea breeze, less heating smog), among the least-polluted cities in IQAir's West Asia grouping — still ~2.4× the WHO guideline.
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Safety
How safe daily life is, from official crime statistics.
01Homicide ratecountry-level2intentional homicides per 100,000/year7.0
What this measures
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Lower is betterintentional homicides per 100,000/yearre-verified every 730 days
Open data
UNODC (via World Bank mirror) — intentional homicide, Georgia
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2019
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- 2019 is the latest year UNODC publishes for Georgia. Low by global standards (world average ≈ 5.8); Georgia is widely regarded as very safe for residents. No city-level series is published.
OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting — Georgia (official police-recorded)
Official source
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 15, 2026
- Notes
- OSCE ODIHR 2024: 2,002 hate crimes recorded by police — but this unusually high total is dominated by gender-based hate crime (1,732 offences, i.e. domestic-violence/femicide cases recorded with a bias motive); only 44 are itemized as racist/xenophobic. Figures combine Interior Ministry and Special Investigation Service cases and may include offences outside the OSCE hate-crime definition. Not comparable across countries.
2,002
recorded by police
44
racist / xenophobic
OSCE ODIHR 2024: 2,002 hate crimes recorded by police — but this unusually high total is dominated by gender-based hate crime (1,732 offences, i.e. domestic-violence/femicide cases recorded with a bias motive); only 44 are itemized as racist/xenophobic. Figures combine Interior Ministry and Special Investigation Service cases and may include offences outside the OSCE hate-crime definition. Not comparable across countries.
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Infrastructure
Internet speed and how parcels get to your door.
01Domestic delivery qualitycountry-levelGood7.0
What this measures
Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
Rated by category—re-verified every 730 days
Curated by SettleMetric
Georgian Post + courier service pages (composite)
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Georgian Post ~500 branches nationwide (1–3 day domestic parcels, some lockers/pickup points); Wolt Drive and Glovo last-mile in Tbilisi/Batumi; DHL/FedEx/UPS present. Dense and reliable in cities; locker density and nationwide same-day coverage thinner than EU leaders → good, not excellent.
02International delivery easecountry-levelMinor friction7.0
What this measures
Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
Rated by category—re-verified every 365 days
Official source
Revenue Service of Georgia — customs procedures
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Georgia is outside the EU/EAEU. Personal-import de minimis: 300 GEL (≈ $113) and ≤ 30 kg, once per calendar month, exempt; above that, 18% import VAT + 0–12% duty + a small customs fee. All major integrators (DHL, FedEx, UPS, Aramex) present. Predictable but the low monthly de-minimis cap adds friction.
03Internet speedcountry-level15.8Mbps, median fixed download0.7
What this measures
Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Higher is betterMbps, median fixed downloadre-verified every 365 days
Open data
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Georgia
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2023
- Verified
- Jul 4, 2026
- Method
- Median of 343 daily country medians (download_MED), 47,852 download tests (2023 — latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API; the 2024 file is only Jan–Mar, and 2025/2026 are not yet published). Georgia sits under continent code AS in M-Lab.
- Notes
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. Cross-check: the World Bank's July-2024 median of ~20 Mbps (Ookla-derived, so not citable here) is consistent with this once the M-Lab-reads-low offset is accounted for. Speeds are trending up (~10%/yr: M-Lab yearly medians ran 9.7 in 2020 → 15.8 in 2023), so multi-year pooling would understate current speed; the latest full year is used instead. GNCC/comcom.ge publishes operator quality-of-service measurements (e.g. Magticom fixed ~56 Mb/s advertised-tier average, 2025/26) but no national measured median, and its own speed commentary relies on the same Ookla data we can't redistribute.
08
Healthcare
What comprehensive private medical cover costs.
01Private healthcare costcountry-level450USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old10.0
What this measures
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Lower is betterUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldre-verified every 365 days
Curated by SettleMetric
Georgian insurers (Ardi, GPI, Imedi L) — comprehensive-tier plans
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Midpoint of comprehensive local plans: Ardi Medi Premium from ~$340/yr up to market comprehensive ~$795/yr (converted at 2.6431 GEL/USD). Expat international plans run higher ($1,000–2,000/yr).
- Notes
- Georgian insurers quote by callback rather than public age-rated engines, so this is a curated market midpoint for local comprehensive cover, not a bound quote.
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Money & crypto
Crypto rules and how freely personal money moves.
01Crypto regulationcountry-levelLegal friendly10.0
What this measures
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Rated by category—re-verified every 180 days
Official source
National Bank of Georgia — Virtual Asset Service Providers
- Data as of
- Jul 1, 2023
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Individuals pay 0% income tax on crypto gains (Minister of Finance Public Decision N201, 2019 — crypto is not Georgian-source income for individuals) and crypto↔fiat exchange is VAT-exempt. Service providers must register as VASPs with the NBG (regime since 1 July 2023). Very favourable for individual holders, hence legal-friendly.
02Financial control levelcountry-levelLow10.0
What this measures
Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
Rated by category—re-verified every 365 days
Curated by SettleMetric
US State Dept 2025 Investment Climate Statement (Georgia) / trade.gov
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- GEL freely convertible (float since 1998; IMF Article VIII since 1996); no capital controls; funds transfer abroad freely (except sanctioned destinations); no routine cash caps or resident foreign-account exit restrictions.
- Notes
- Caveat: since Georgia joined CRS (2024) and post-2022 de-risking, non-resident bank account onboarding has become notably stricter (source-of-funds documentation, some rejections). The FX regime itself is open; the friction is at bank KYC.
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Language
How far English gets you in daily life and services.
01English proficiencycountry-levelHigh7.0
What this measures
Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
Rated by category—re-verified every 730 days
Research
EF EPI 2025 (score 541, rank 35/123 — High band)
- Data as of
- Nov 1, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Own band informed by EF EPI (attribution: EF Education First). English is workable in Tbilisi/Batumi tourism and the younger service sector; less so in government and older generations. Russian remains widely understood.
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Education
International schooling options for families.
01International schools0accredited international schools, count0.0
What this measures
Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).
Higher is betteraccredited international schools, countre-verified every 730 days
Curated by SettleMetric
IB World Schools directory / IB Georgia association
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- No IB-authorized school in Batumi as of July 2026 (all Georgian IB schools are in Tbilisi). Private English-language schools exist but none are IB-authorized.
- Notes
- Families needing an IB curriculum currently look to Tbilisi.
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Demographics
Who else lives here — the share of foreign residents and the largest national communities, from official statistics.
Openness to foreignerscountry-levelReservedGallup MAI 3.05/9 · 2016
What this measures
How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.
Reference data—re-verified every 1825 days
Research
- Data as of
- Aug 23, 2017
- Verified
- Jul 15, 2026
- Notes
- Gallup MAI 3.05/9 (2016/2017 wave) — below the global average, reserved band; no exact 2019 per-country figure was published. Band: reserved.
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Nov 14, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Census counts 133,857 foreign citizens in the permanent population of 3,929,581 (critical moment 13–14 Nov 2024) = 3.4%. Permanent-population basis counts only foreign nationals resident 12+ months. Population totals confirmed firsthand in the Geostat Final Results PDF (geostat.ge/media/78282); the citizenship split is from Geostat's June 2026 detailed census release, cross-checked across multiple independent outlets reporting identical Geostat figures because the Geostat detailed table is not machine-readable.
- Notes
- Permanent-resident basis. IMPORTANT: this undercounts the 2022–2023 Russian/Belarusian influx — many relocatees live on visa-free stays (Russians 360, Belarusians 90 visa-free days) without residence permits and below the 12-month threshold. Geostat's preliminary 2025 estimate was 6.6% (~257,000) before the strict 12-month rule cut it to the final 3.4%. Treat 3.4% as a floor for actual foreign presence.
Largest communities of foreign residents133,857 total
Geostat — 2024 Population Census, detailed results by country of citizenship (released June 2026)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Nov 14, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Counts by citizenship from Geostat's June 2026 detailed census release (top 10 published groups; 'Other (various)' = 133,857 minus the named groups). Shares = count ÷ 133,857 foreign residents. Figures cross-confirmed across multiple independent outlets citing the same Geostat release, as the Geostat detailed table is not machine-fetchable.
- Notes
- Percentages are of foreign residents in the permanent population. Notable decade change vs the 2014 census: India ~57×, Ukraine ~7×, Russia ~5×. SAME LIMITATION as the foreign share: the 2022–2023 Russian/Belarusian wartime influx is under-represented (many present visa-free without permits), so Russia (37,715) and Belarus (4,473) are permanent-resident counts well below the total presence; no official Geostat figure exists for the temporary Russian population.
01Russia28.2%37,715
02Other (various)19.9%26,647
03India17.9%23,925
04Ukraine8.6%11,542
05Azerbaijan6.2%8,309
06Armenia4%5,381
07Türkiye3.9%5,262
08Belarus3.3%4,473
09Iran3.2%4,322
10Israel2.4%3,244
11Jordan2.3%3,037
Percentages are of foreign residents in the permanent population. Notable decade change vs the 2014 census: India ~57×, Ukraine ~7×, Russia ~5×. SAME LIMITATION as the foreign share: the 2022–2023 Russian/Belarusian wartime influx is under-represented (many present visa-free without permits), so Russia (37,715) and Belarus (4,473) are permanent-resident counts well below the total presence; no official Geostat figure exists for the temporary Russian population.
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How you can stay
How you can legally enter and stay. These apply across Georgia.
All requirements & citizenship filter- 01Visa-free stay — one full yearVisa-free stayAll citizenshipsPassport of one of the ~94 listed countries/territories (incl. all EU, US, UK, Ukraine, Russia, Canada, Australia, Gulf states and more) — Government Ordinance N2551 yr +
- 02Work / entrepreneurial residence permitTemporary residenceAll citizenshipsincome ≥ 5 GEL/monthLabour or entrepreneurial activity in Georgia1 yr +→ PR path
- 03Short-term residence via property ownershipTemporary residenceAll citizenshipsOwnership of non-agricultural real estate in Georgia with a market value over USD 150,000 (raised from USD 100,000)1 yr +
- 04IT specialist residence permitTemporary residenceAll citizenshipsincome ≥ 25,000 USD/yearIT specialist with at least 2 years of experience3 yrs +→ PR path
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What you'd pay in taxes
The tax schemes a freelancer can choose from. Rules are national, the same in Batumi as anywhere in Georgia.
Full schemes & calculator- 01Small Business Status — 1% turnover taxprogressive on revenue: 1% up to 500,000, 3% above1.0%burden at €60k
- 02Virtual Zone company — 0% profit + 5% dividend0% of profit + 5% of amount left after "Corporate profit tax (exempt on IT exports)"5.0%burden at €60k
- 03Standard regime — 20% on profit20% of profit20.0%burden at €60k
- 04Micro Business Status — 0% tax0% of revenueover cap at €60k →
See what you would keep
Your income against Georgia's real tax schemes — the same engine as the full calculator.
- 1 Small Business Status — 1% turnover tax59,400 EURnet/year1.0% burden
- 2 Virtual Zone company — 0% profit + 5% dividend57,000 EURnet/year5.0% burden
- 3 Standard regime — 20% on profit48,000 EURnet/year20.0% burden
- 4 Micro Business Status — 0% taxover income cap60,000 EURnet/year0.0% burden
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Who is Batumi for?
The same place reads differently depending on why you move. Each lens pulls the facts that matter most for that plan — with sources, and the trade-offs stated plainly.
Contract or freelance in tech, billing clients abroad.
Works in your favour
Freelancer tax burden1%
SettleMetric tax engine over Tax Code (Small Business Status)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Jan 1, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Best eligible scheme ge-small-business-1pct at €60,000 = 180,738 GEL (NBG 3.0123 GEL/EUR), below the 500,000 GEL threshold → 1% turnover tax = 1,807 GEL, no mandatory social/pension. Effective burden ≈ 1.0%.
English proficiencyHigh
EF EPI 2025 (score 541, rank 35/123 — High band)
Research
- Data as of
- Nov 1, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Own band informed by EF EPI (attribution: EF Education First). English is workable in Tbilisi/Batumi tourism and the younger service sector; less so in government and older generations. Russian remains widely understood.
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$220/mo
Geostat — Households Expenditures survey 2025
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Geostat 2025 average per-capita monthly consumption (603 GEL) split by the survey's COICOP category shares, with the imputed-housing portion removed, converted at 2.6431 GEL/USD (NBG 2026-07-02). Categories sum to this figure. Geostat has no clean single-person-excl-rent basket, so treat as a curated estimate.
Domestic delivery qualityGood
Georgian Post + courier service pages (composite)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Georgian Post ~500 branches nationwide (1–3 day domestic parcels, some lockers/pickup points); Wolt Drive and Glovo last-mile in Tbilisi/Batumi; DHL/FedEx/UPS present. Dense and reliable in cities; locker density and nationwide same-day coverage thinner than EU leaders → good, not excellent.
Watch-outs
Internet speed16 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Georgia
Open data
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2023
- Verified
- Jul 4, 2026
- Method
- Median of 343 daily country medians (download_MED), 47,852 download tests (2023 — latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API; the 2024 file is only Jan–Mar, and 2025/2026 are not yet published). Georgia sits under continent code AS in M-Lab.
- Notes
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. Cross-check: the World Bank's July-2024 median of ~20 Mbps (Ookla-derived, so not citable here) is consistent with this once the M-Lab-reads-low offset is accounted for. Speeds are trending up (~10%/yr: M-Lab yearly medians ran 9.7 in 2020 → 15.8 in 2023), so multi-year pooling would understate current speed; the latest full year is used instead. GNCC/comcom.ge publishes operator quality-of-service measurements (e.g. Magticom fixed ~56 Mb/s advertised-tier average, 2025/26) but no national measured median, and its own speed commentary relies on the same Ookla data we can't redistribute.
Relocating with a partner and school-age children.
Works in your favour
Homicide rate2.03/100k
UNODC (via World Bank mirror) — intentional homicide, Georgia
Open data
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2019
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- 2019 is the latest year UNODC publishes for Georgia. Low by global standards (world average ≈ 5.8); Georgia is widely regarded as very safe for residents. No city-level series is published.
Private healthcare cost$450/yr
Georgian insurers (Ardi, GPI, Imedi L) — comprehensive-tier plans
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Midpoint of comprehensive local plans: Ardi Medi Premium from ~$340/yr up to market comprehensive ~$795/yr (converted at 2.6431 GEL/USD). Expat international plans run higher ($1,000–2,000/yr).
- Notes
- Georgian insurers quote by callback rather than public age-rated engines, so this is a curated market midpoint for local comprehensive cover, not a bound quote.
Air quality (PM2.5)11.9 µg/m³
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report
Research
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Attribution: IQAir. Coastal Batumi is cleaner than Tbilisi (sea breeze, less heating smog), among the least-polluted cities in IQAir's West Asia grouping — still ~2.4× the WHO guideline.
Watch-outs
International schools0
IB World Schools directory / IB Georgia association
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Jul 3, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- No IB-authorized school in Batumi as of July 2026 (all Georgian IB schools are in Tbilisi). Private English-language schools exist but none are IB-authorized.
- Notes
- Families needing an IB curriculum currently look to Tbilisi.
Optimising tax, banking and crypto rules.
Works in your favour
Crypto regulationLegal friendly
National Bank of Georgia — Virtual Asset Service Providers
Official source
- Data as of
- Jul 1, 2023
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Individuals pay 0% income tax on crypto gains (Minister of Finance Public Decision N201, 2019 — crypto is not Georgian-source income for individuals) and crypto↔fiat exchange is VAT-exempt. Service providers must register as VASPs with the NBG (regime since 1 July 2023). Very favourable for individual holders, hence legal-friendly.
Financial control levelLow
US State Dept 2025 Investment Climate Statement (Georgia) / trade.gov
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- GEL freely convertible (float since 1998; IMF Article VIII since 1996); no capital controls; funds transfer abroad freely (except sanctioned destinations); no routine cash caps or resident foreign-account exit restrictions.
- Notes
- Caveat: since Georgia joined CRS (2024) and post-2022 de-risking, non-resident bank account onboarding has become notably stricter (source-of-funds documentation, some rejections). The FX regime itself is open; the friction is at bank KYC.
Freelancer tax burden1%
SettleMetric tax engine over Tax Code (Small Business Status)
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Jan 1, 2026
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Best eligible scheme ge-small-business-1pct at €60,000 = 180,738 GEL (NBG 3.0123 GEL/EUR), below the 500,000 GEL threshold → 1% turnover tax = 1,807 GEL, no mandatory social/pension. Effective burden ≈ 1.0%.
Prioritising safety, air, and an easy daily life.
Works in your favour
Homicide rate2.03/100k
UNODC (via World Bank mirror) — intentional homicide, Georgia
Open data
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2019
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- 2019 is the latest year UNODC publishes for Georgia. Low by global standards (world average ≈ 5.8); Georgia is widely regarded as very safe for residents. No city-level series is published.
Air quality (PM2.5)11.9 µg/m³
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report
Research
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2024
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Notes
- Attribution: IQAir. Coastal Batumi is cleaner than Tbilisi (sea breeze, less heating smog), among the least-polluted cities in IQAir's West Asia grouping — still ~2.4× the WHO guideline.
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$220/mo
Geostat — Households Expenditures survey 2025
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2025
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Geostat 2025 average per-capita monthly consumption (603 GEL) split by the survey's COICOP category shares, with the imputed-housing portion removed, converted at 2.6431 GEL/USD (NBG 2026-07-02). Categories sum to this figure. Geostat has no clean single-person-excl-rent basket, so treat as a curated estimate.
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Climate comfort3/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
Curated by SettleMetric
- Data as of
- Dec 31, 2020
- Verified
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precip < 150mm: Apr, May, Jun = 3. Jul–Nov all exceed 150mm precipitation (very wet).
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