What does "Dighomi" mean in a listing?
Dighomi is one of the oldest names on the map of Tbilisi and one of the most confusing in property listings, because it covers several different places. The core of this guide is the Dighomi massif, a Soviet housing area on the right bank of the Mtkvari that officially belongs to Didube district. Around it, on the Saburtalo side, lie the village of Dighomi, the numbered "Dighomi 1 to 9" microdistricts and Didi Dighomi, each with its own prices and character.
Tbilisi City Council's decision No 16-35 of 2014 gives the name two official homes. Didube district has only two territorial units, No 24 "Didube" and No 25 "Dighomi massif". Saburtalo district's unit 9 is called "Dighomi, Vashlijvari" and takes in everything else that carries the name. This page explains which is which, what flats in the massif cost and rent for, how residents get around, and what has happened to the area's forest park and river meadows. Our separate guide covers Didi Dighomi, and the city-wide view is in our Tbilisi guide.
Map and boundaries
The Dighomi massif lies on the right bank of the Mtkvari, opposite Didube, between the river, the Dighomi ravine, Marshal Gelovani Avenue and Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley.
Open the mapThe official boundary of unit 25 follows the Mtkvari, the Dighomi ravine, Gelovani Avenue, the axis of Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley and the Dighomi-Gldani highway, then returns by a bridge to the river. Inside, the massif is organised in numbered quarters and blocks rather than microdistricts, and its main street is Grigol Robakidze Avenue; other streets you will see in listings include Beliashvili, Bokhua, Ljubljana, Akhmeteli and Paichadze. The Mtkvari separates it from Didube on the left bank, which is the other unit of the same district.
Everything else called Dighomi sits in Saburtalo district. The numbered microdistricts belong there too: a 2015 council order naming a street in the "so-called Dighomi 7" places it in Saburtalo, which matters when you read district statistics or a cadastral extract.
Four places with one name
| Name in a listing | Official district | What it is | Flats for sale on ss.ge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dighomi massif ("Digomi") | Didube, unit 25 | Soviet housing area from the 1960s with newer towers | 3,125 |
| Dighomi 1 to 9 | Saburtalo, unit 9 | Numbered microdistricts beside Didi Dighomi | 395 |
| Dighomi village | Saburtalo, unit 9 | Village inside the city limits, 22,136 residents | 99 |
| Didi Dighomi | Saburtalo, unit 9 | Large post-1985 district, the city's busiest market | 11,113 |
The ad counts are a snapshot of live listings and include duplicates, but they show where supply sits: most flats offered under the Dighomi name are in Didi Dighomi, not in the massif. Portal tags are loose, and some ads filed under the village describe themselves as the massif, so read the street and the cadastral code, not the label.
Dighomi village deserves a note of its own. Geostat's 2024 census, published in June 2026, counts 22,136 permanent residents there, making it the largest village in Georgia, more than twice the size of the second, Sadakhlo, with 10,032. By our arithmetic it holds about half of the 45,077 people who live in the 22 villages inside Tbilisi's boundaries. Its 19th-century church of St George of Kavti on Kavti Street has been a protected monument since 2016.
From royal hunting ground to housing massif
According to the Georgian Encyclopedia, Dighomi was the centre of Dighmiskhevi, a medieval region of eastern Georgia known for its vineyards, while the lower valley, the Dighomi field, served as a royal hunting ground and pasture where armies approaching Tbilisi from the south-west often camped. Excavations from 1969 found Middle Palaeolithic flint tools, a settlement from the turn of the 4th and 3rd millennia BC, rich burials of the 8th and 7th centuries BC and graves of the 1st to 3rd centuries AD holding Roman gems and coins.
The Soviet massif came much later. The same encyclopedia credits the architect Nodar Mikadze, with a group of co-authors, with a residential district in Dighomi for 30,000 people dated 1959 to 1960, and Georgian Wikipedia dates the first buildings to 1960, on about 150 hectares beside the Didube bridge. Didi Dighomi, to the north-west, followed from 1985. Today the massif mixes these early blocks with newer towers on streets such as Ljubljana, Bokhua and Beliashvili.
What flats cost and rent for
Galt & Taggart publishes no figure for the massif alone. On our reading of the map in its July 2026 report, the massif falls in its "Didube" zone, while the village belongs to its "Didi Dighomi" zone; the bank does not publish written boundaries, so treat the match as approximate.
| Indicator | Figure | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| New flats, "Didube" zone | USD 1,425 per m² | July 2026, white frame, range USD 1,150 to 2,000 |
| Rent, "Didube" zone | USD 9.8 per m² a month | July 2026, up from USD 9.3 a year earlier |
| Sales, "Didube" zone | 294 | July 2026 alone |
| New flats, Didube district, asking | GEL 4,085 per m² | Geostat median, first quarter of 2026 |
| Massif listings on ss.ge | GEL 2,731 to 5,693 per m² | 8 ads checked, building age mostly not stated |
| New flats in the massif, agencies | USD 1,669 to 1,904 per m² | 5 listings on Ljubljana, Bokhua, Beliashvili and Bob Walsh streets |
The ss.ge ads show the spread. At the low end, a 63 m² flat on Aghmashenebeli Alley, 8th of 14 floors, asked GEL 172,000, about GEL 2,731 per m²; at the high end, 52 m² on Beliashvili Street, 7th of 12 floors, asked GEL 296,000, about GEL 5,693. The agency listings, all described as new buildings, ran from USD 1,669 per m² for 118 m² on Bob Walsh Street to USD 1,904 for 52 m² on Bokhua Street. These are asking prices, not sales.
No source prices Soviet-era flats in the massif separately. City-wide, Galt & Taggart put resale flats in older buildings at USD 1,280 per m² in July 2026, against USD 1,372 for resales in newer buildings and USD 1,426 for new flats from developers, so expect the early blocks to sit below the new towers. Rent of USD 9.8 against a price of USD 1,425 gives a gross yield of about 8.3% by our calculation, close to the city's 8.5%. For comparison, the bank's Didi Dighomi zone had cheaper flats, at USD 1,148, and lower rent, at USD 8.7. District rents side by side are in our page on rents by district.
Getting around
Dighomi has no metro station. Soviet plans for a third metro line included stations called Dighomi and Didi Dighomi, but work on them never started. Agency listings in the massif give Nadzaladevi station on Line 1 as about 900 m away, and Didube station, the city's main minibus hub, is where the new tram will end. Walk the route yourself, because distances in ads are rarely measured.
The new tram will run through the massif. On 7 September 2026 Tbilisi Transport Company signed a GEL 287,654,321 design-and-build contract with the Turkish joint venture EYE for a 7.5 km line with 11 stops from Didi Dighomi along Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley and through the Dighomi massif to the area around Didube metro. The whole project was valued at GEL 416.6 million and tendered under Asian Development Bank procurement rules. The contract runs to 7 September 2029; stop locations had not been published when we checked, so ask before you pay for a flat because a stop will be near it.
Bus route numbers change, so check them in the Tbilisi Transport Company journey planner before relying on one, and drive the route at rush hour before you buy.
The forest park and the meadows
The Dighomi forest park lies within the massif, but much of its history is a fight over land. Civil groups campaigned in 2010 after the council amended the park's plan in 2009 and parts of it were privatised. In 2019 residents protested against a 12-metre glass recreation building on the site of a car-service centre inside the park, approved by City Hall in 2018, and a civil group challenged the permit in court; the council said most of the park is a landscape and recreation zone where building is banned. In September 2025 the mayor said the city had bought part of the privatised land back and aimed to acquire and restore the whole park, but some of it remained private and talks were continuing.
On the riverside, the Dighomi meadows, a floodplain on the Mtkvari, were promised as a park several times. In January 2019 City Hall presented a GEL 11.6 million plan with sports grounds, play areas and cafes, to take two years. In October 2024 FactCheck Georgia confirmed that the park had never been built, and we found no report of work starting since. Do not count either green space as a selling point until you see work on the ground.
Landmarks and services
- Sport. FC Dinamo Tbilisi's training base, named after the coach Andro Zhordania, is in Dighomi, and the Georgian Judo Federation is listed in the massif.
- Courts. An official order gives the address of the Tbilisi City Court's administrative chamber as Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley, 12th km, No 6, and Georgian Wikipedia places the Tbilisi Court of Appeals in the massif too.
- Schools. Georgian Wikipedia lists public schools No 130, 134, 140, 147 and 169 in the massif; we could not confirm each in the Ministry of Education register, so ask the school directly about places.
- Shopping. Tbilisi Mall is on Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley at the 16th kilometre, north-west of the massif.
Air, wind and utilities
An official automatic air station stands at 34 Marshal Gelovani Avenue in Dighomi. The city's air quality plan for 2024 to 2026 says it was installed at the end of 2023 and measures fine and coarse particles, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone; its public data start in May 2024, and we found no published annual averages, so we quote none. The same plan notes stronger winds in open areas such as Dighomi than the 3 to 4 metres per second usual in most of the city, which helps clear the air.
Utilities are worth a question too. On 26 and 27 September 2026 Georgian Water and Power cut supply for 36 hours to connect a new main pipeline, affecting Dighomi village and the whole first quarter of the massif except 3 buildings. Ask the seller whether the building has a water tank and pump. We found no official flood assessment for Dighomi along the Mtkvari, so check the plot's position yourself if a flat is near the river.
Letting a flat in Dighomi
Rent in the bank's Didube zone rose about 5.4% in the year to July 2026, by our arithmetic, and the tram, once running, will add a rail link to Didube metro. We found no short-stay data for Dighomi, so plan on long lets. Our guide to long-term tenants in Tbilisi explains what tenants look for.
Pros and cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Closer to Didube metro than Didi Dighomi | No metro station of its own |
| The planned tram line crosses the massif | Stop locations not yet published |
| Rent rose about 5.4% in a year in the bank's zone | Prices well above those in Didi Dighomi |
| Forest park within the massif | Parts of the park still privately owned |
| Official air station with public data | No published annual air averages yet |
To be added by the team: photos for the team to take: a 1960s block in the first quarter, Grigol Robakidze Avenue, a new tower on Ljubljana Street, the Dighomi forest park, the Dighomi meadows by the river, the Dighomi bridge towards Didube, the Gelovani Avenue air station and the Kavti church in the village.
Checking a flat in Dighomi step by step
Confirm which Dighomi
Massif, village, numbered microdistrict or Didi Dighomi.
Read the cadastral code
It shows the district and the exact plot.
Walk to the metro
Time the route to Didube or Nadzaladevi.
Ask about water
Tank, pump and recent outages.
Check the park edge
Is the plot next door private land?
Price against the zone
Compare with USD 1,425 per m².
Frequently asked questions
Which district is Dighomi in?
The Dighomi massif is in Didube district; the village and Didi Dighomi are in Saburtalo.
How much does a flat in the Dighomi massif cost?
New flats averaged about USD 1,425 per m² in the bank's Didube zone in July 2026.
What rent can I expect in Dighomi?
About USD 9.8 per m² a month in July 2026, roughly USD 540 for a 55 m² flat.
Is there a metro in Dighomi?
No. Listings in the massif give Nadzaladevi station as about 900 m away.
Will the new tram pass through Dighomi?
Yes. The line runs along Aghmashenebeli Alley and through the massif to Didube metro.
How many people live in Dighomi village?
22,136 in the 2024 census, the largest village in Georgia.
Was the Dighomi meadows park built?
No. FactCheck Georgia confirmed in October 2024 that it had not been built.
Is Dighomi the same as Didi Dighomi?
No. Didi Dighomi is a separate, newer district across Aghmashenebeli Alley.
Sources
- Tbilisi City Council decision No 16-35 on territorial units, 5 December 2014, and order No 291, 28 July 2015, Legislative Herald of Georgia (accessed 21 October 2026)
- 2024 population census, final results, Geostat, 22 June 2026 (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Dighmiskhevi, archaeology of the Dighomi valley and Nodar Mikadze, Georgian Encyclopedia (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Dighomi massif, Georgian Wikipedia, and List of Tbilisi Metro stations, Wikipedia (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Government ordinance No 600 on cultural heritage status, 8 April 2016, Legislative Herald of Georgia (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Tbilisi residential real estate, July 2026, and July 2025, Galt & Taggart (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Residential real estate prices in Tbilisi, first quarter of 2026, 1TV, citing Geostat (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Flats for sale in Digomi, ss.ge, with the "Digomi 1 - 9", "Didi digomi" and "Digomi village" sections (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Agency listings on Realting: Bokhua Street, Ljubljana Street, Ljubljana Street, Beliashvili Street and Bob Walsh Street (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Contract signed for the Didi Dighomi - Didube tram line, Georgia Today, 7 September 2026, and tram tender relaunched under ADB rules, 1TV, 16 February 2026 (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Save Dighomi Forest Park, Civil Society Foundation, 22 September 2010; protest against new construction in Dighomi forest park, OC Media, July 2019; pledge to rehabilitate Dighomi forest park, Georgia Today, 11 September 2025 (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Park across the Dighomi meadows, 1TV, 29 January 2019, and FactCheck Georgia verdict, 18 October 2024 (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Club history, FC Dinamo Tbilisi (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Air quality management plan for the Tbilisi agglomeration, 2024-2026, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, and National Environmental Agency stations, IQAir (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Water outage for 36 hours, Georgia Today, 24 September 2026 (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Dighomi massif, OpenStreetMap (accessed 21 October 2026)
Change log
- - Area guide published from Tbilisi City Council acts, the Geostat 2024 census, the Georgian Encyclopedia, Galt & Taggart and Geostat price data, ss.ge and agency listings, tram contract reports, forest park and meadows reporting, FactCheck Georgia and the air quality management plan.