What's on in Batumi, Georgia through the year

Busy — Winter / New Year break in Georgia, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))

Busy — Spring break in Georgia, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Busy — Summer holidays in Georgia, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 Jun – 5 Oct · usually

  The Black Sea here warms late and cools late, and the beach is pebble rather than sand the whole way along the boulevard. September is the better month of the two ends.

Peak crowds — High season on the boulevard, Summer holidays in Georgia

• Season

  High season on the boulevard

  1 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowded

  Tbilisi, Yerevan, Baku and half of eastern Turkey come here for the summer, and the boulevard and the casinos run at capacity. Rooms cost three times what they do in May.

• Festival

  Black Sea Jazz Festival

  10–12 JulMajor festivalBook early

  Georgia's biggest jazz weekend, staged on the tennis courts by the sea and running late into the night. Rooms along the boulevard go at August rates for it. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — High season on the boulevard, Summer holidays in Georgia

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), High season on the boulevard (1 Jul – 31 Aug)

Busy — Summer holidays in Georgia, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Season

  Mandarin harvest

  1 Nov – 31 Dec · usually

  Adjara is Georgia's citrus corner and the hills behind the city are picked through late autumn, with fruit sold by the crate at the roadside. It is the one thing happening here in November.

• Season

  Out of season

  1 Nov – 30 Apr · usuallyOff-season shutdownClosures

  The beach bars are gone, a good share of the hotels close and the towers along the front stand empty in the rain. The old town keeps enough open, and the casinos never shut.

Busy — Winter / New Year break in Georgia, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Mandarin harvest (1 Nov – 31 Dec (usually)), Out of season (1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))