Sokhumi
City in Georgia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sokhumi Collage: Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sokhumi is a city in Georgia, in Abkhazia. About 65,439 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Georgia in our atlas.
It lies at 43.01° N, 40.99° E, about 21 m (69 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Moscow time zone.
Location
Red dot: Sokhumi. Green dots: other major cities of Georgia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sokhumi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (30°F). Around 1,138 mm (45 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 611847 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q40811 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sokhumi Collage: Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)