Editing Batumi (section)

== Geography ==

=== Climate ===
[[File:Batumi at night (2013).jpg|thumb|Batumi at night]]

Batumi has a [[humid subtropical|humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') according to Köppen's classification. The city's climate is heavily influenced by the onshore flow from the Black Sea and is subject to the [[orographic|orographic effect]] of the nearby hills and mountains, resulting in significant rainfall throughout most of the year, making Batumi the wettest city in both [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and the entire [[Caucasus]] Region.

The average annual temperature in Batumi is approximately {{convert|14|°C|0|abbr=on}}. January is the coldest month with an average temperature of {{convert|5|°C|0|abbr=on}}. August is the hottest month, with an average temperature of {{convert|22|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The absolute minimum recorded temperature is {{convert|-6|°C|0|abbr=on}}, and the absolute maximum is {{convert|40|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The number of days with daily temperatures above {{convert|10|°C|0|abbr=on}} is 239. The city receives 1958 hours of sunshine per year.

Batumi's average annual precipitation is {{convert|2435|mm|1|abbr=on}}. November is the wettest month with an average of {{convert|312|mm|1|abbr=on}} of precipitation, while May is the driest, averaging {{convert|84|mm|1|abbr=on}}. Batumi receives snow most years, but it is often limited in amount (accumulating snowfall of more than {{convert|30|cm|1|abbr=on}} is rare), and the number of days with snow cover for the year is 12. The average level of relative humidity ranges from 70 to 80%.

{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = [[Batumi Airport]] (normals for 1981-2010)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 25.3
|Feb record high C = 27.4
|Mar record high C = 33.0
|Apr record high C = 38.3
|May record high C = 37.2
|Jun record high C = 39.9
|Jul record high C = 40.8
|Aug record high C = 39.5
|Sep record high C = 38.1
|Oct record high C = 35.4
|Nov record high C = 30.1
|Dec record high C = 28.3
|year record high C = 40.8
|Jan high C = 6.6
|Feb high C = 7.6
|Mar high C = 12.3
|Apr high C = 18.6
|May high C = 22.8
|Jun high C = 27.7
|Jul high C = 31.1
|Aug high C = 30.9
|Sep high C = 26.1
|Oct high C = 19.4
|Nov high C = 12.4
|Dec high C = 7.6
|Jan mean C = 5.4
|Feb mean C = 6.8
|Mar mean C = 8.7
|Apr mean C = 12.4
|May mean C = 16.0
|Jun mean C = 20.2
|Jul mean C = 22.6
|Aug mean C = 23.2
|Sep mean C = 20.1
|Oct mean C = 16.5
|Nov mean C = 12.0
|Dec mean C = 6.8
|Jan low C = 4.3
|Feb low C = 4.0
|Mar low C = 5.5
|Apr low C = 9.1
|May low C = 12.9
|Jun low C = 17.0
|Jul low C = 19.9
|Aug low C = 20.3
|Sep low C = 17.1
|Oct low C = 13.5
|Nov low C = 9.2
|Dec low C = 6.1
|Jan record low C = -7.7
|Feb record low C = -8.2
|Mar record low C = -6.7
|Apr record low C = -2.5
|May record low C = 3.4
|Jun record low C = 8.1
|Jul record low C = 12.9
|Aug record low C = 12.6
|Sep record low C = 7.5
|Oct record low C = 2.0
|Nov record low C = -3.9
|Dec record low C = -4.2
|year record low C = -8.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 234.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 183.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 156.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 90.1
|May precipitation mm = 92.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 141.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 164.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 220.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 330.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 321.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 305.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 277.7
|year precipitation mm = 2519.0
| unit precipitation days =  1 mm
| Jan precipitation days  =14
| Feb precipitation days  =12.7
| Mar precipitation days  =12.6
| Apr precipitation days  =9.6
| May precipitation days  =9.6
| Jun precipitation days  =9.9
| Jul precipitation days  =10.1
| Aug precipitation days  =11.5
| Sep precipitation days  =11.1
| Oct precipitation days  =12.4
| Nov precipitation days  =12.2
| Dec precipitation days  =13.1
| year precipitation days =
|Jan sun = 99
|Feb sun = 105
|Mar sun = 126
|Apr sun = 148
|May sun = 199
|Jun sun = 235
|Jul sun = 214
|Aug sun = 223
|Sep sun = 201
|Oct sun = 176
|Nov sun = 125
|Dec sun = 107
|year sun = 1958
|source 1 = [[NCEI]]<ref name="Clino">{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-VI/Georgia/WMO_Normals_Georgia.xls |publisher= National Centers for Environmental Information |title = WMO Climate Normals for 1981-2010: Batumi Airport-37496 |access-date = 17 March 2024 |format=XLS}}</ref>
|source 2 =<ref name = meteoweb>{{cite web
| url= http://meteoweb.ru/cl006.php
| title= The duration of sunshine in some cities of the former USSR
| language= ru
| publisher= Meteoweb.ru
| access-date= 27 September 2012
| archive-date= 19 May 2019
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190519215650/http://meteoweb.ru/cl006.php
| url-status= live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=37496&ano=2021&mes=1&day=14&hora=0&min=0&ndays=30 |title=37496: Batumi (Georgia) |publisher=OGIMET |access-date=14 January 2021 |date=14 January 2021 }}</ref>
}}

=== Subdivisions ===
According to the 31 March 2008, decision of the Batumi City Council, Batumi is divided into seven boroughs, those of:
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*Old Batumi (ძველი ბათუმის უბანი)
*Rustaveli (რუსთაველის უბანი)
*Khimshiashvili (ხიმშიაშვილის უბანი)
*Bagrationi (ბაგრატიონის უბანი)
*Aghmashenebeli (აღმაშენებლის უბანი)
*Javakhishvili (ჯავახიშვილის უბანი)
*Tamar (თამარის უბანი)
*Boni-Gorodok (ბონი-გოროდოკის უბანი)
*Airport (აეროპორტის უბანი)
*Gonio-Kvariati (გონიო-კვარიათის უბანი)
*Kakhaberi (კახაბრის უბანი)
*Batumi Industrial (ბათუმის სამრეწველო უბანი)
*Green Cape (მწვანე კონცხის უბანი)<ref>{{in lang|ka}} [http://www.batumicc.ge/dir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=683%3A-----------37-------&catid=18%3A2010-02-21-13-07-06&Itemid=16&lang=ka დადგენილება N 3-1 ბათუმის უბნები]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Decision #3.1. Boroughs of Batumi). Batumi City Council. Accessed 15 November 2009</ref>
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=== Cityscape ===
[[File:Batum.jpg|thumb|[[Batumi Sea Port|Port of Batumi]] in 1881]]

==== Contemporary architecture ====
[[File:Square in Batumi.jpg|thumb|Batumi Neptun Square]]
[[File:Seaside of Batumi (02).jpg|thumb|Batumi boulevard and beach]]
[[File:20241123 Batumi 7a.jpg|thumb|Marriott Hotel, Batumi]]
[[File:Батуми - panoramio (5).jpg|thumb|Radisson Blu Hotel, Batumi]]
Batumi's skyline has been transformed since 2007 with remarkable buildings and monuments of contemporary architecture,<ref name=nyt/> including:<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fziJWfYo_LQC|title=Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan|first1=Lonely|last1=Planet|first2=John|last2=Noble|first3=Michael|last3=Kohn|first4=Danielle|last4=Systermans|date=1 April 2012|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=9781743213032|access-date=8 October 2016|via=Google Books|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507175506/https://books.google.com/books?id=fziJWfYo_LQC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Marriott Hotel
*Radisson Blu hotel
*Public Service Hall
*Hilton Batumi
*Leogrand

A large [[Kempinski]] hotel and casino is to open in 2013, a [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton Hotel]] as well as a 47-storey Trump Tower is also planned.<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/11/tp-tourism-is-flourishing-in-black-sea-resort/ "TOURISM IS FLOURISHING IN BLACK SEA RESORT", AP, November 11, 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817160156/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/11/tp-tourism-is-flourishing-in-black-sea-resort/ |date=17 August 2014 }}</ref>
Alliance Privilege, a building compromising Marriott Hotel, Casino and serviced apartments is one of the contemporary buildings with unique architecture by the beach.

==== Novelty architecture ====
[[Novelty architecture]] in Batumi includes:
*[[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts|Sheraton Hotel]], designed in the style of the [[Lighthouse of Alexandria|Great Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://development.starwoodhotels.com/news/7/114-sheraton_hotels_resorts_debuts_in_the_black_sea_resort_destination_of_batumi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104195703/http://development.starwoodhotels.com/news/7/114-sheraton_hotels_resorts_debuts_in_the_black_sea_resort_destination_of_batumi|url-status=dead|title=News & Events|archive-date=4 January 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Alphabetic Tower]] ({{convert|145|m|ft|disp=comma|abbr=on}} high), celebrating Georgian script and writing
*[[Batumi Piazza]], a mixed-used development in the form of an Italian piazza
*Buildings designed in the style of a lighthouse, the [[Acropolis]], and an upside-down [[White House]]

=== Sites of interest ===

==== Main sights ====
Attractions include
*[[Adjara State Museum]]
*[[Batumi Botanical Garden]]
*Circus
*Former resort area along the Black Sea coast.

==== Tourist attractions ====
[[File:1071 - Kaukasus 2014 - Georgien - Batumi (16728246174).jpg|thumb|Panorama view of Batumi Europe Square and Medea Statue]]
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* Batumi Boulevard
* The statue of "Man and Woman" AKA "Ali and Nino" by Georgian artist, Tamara Kvesitadze
* [[Batumi Botanical Garden]]s
* [[Cafe Fantasy]]
* Dancing Fountains, Batumi
* Dolphinarium
* [[Batumi Piazza|Piazza Square]]
* Panoramic Wheel
* Astronomical clock
* [[Argo Cable Car]]
* 6 May Park
* Europe Square
* [[Alphabetic Tower]]
* Batumi Sea Port
* Miracle Park
* Chacha Clock Tower (defunct)
* Fountain of Neptun
* [[Batumi Archaeological Museum|Batumi Archeological Museum]]
* Monument of Ilia Chavchavadze<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rooztab.com/?page=prodview&id=482|title=باتومی – گرجستان|access-date=8 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819194229/http://www.rooztab.com/?page=prodview&id=482|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>
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