What do flats near each metro station cost?
The table lists Tbilisi's 22 metro station sites with the median asking price and rent of flats that ss.ge tags as within 10 minutes of each station. We took the newest ads on 22 October 2026 and removed duplicates. Station Square is one site serving both lines, which is why the usual count of 23 stations becomes 22 rows here.
| Station | Line | District | Sale, USD per m² | Typical flat, USD | Rent, GEL a month | Km to Freedom Square |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhmeteli Theatre | 1 | Gldani | 1,450 | 89,000 | 1,430 | 10.9 |
| Sarajishvili | 1 | Nadzaladevi | 1,430 | 95,000 | 1,250 | 10.1 |
| Guramishvili | 1 | Nadzaladevi | 1,555 | 106,500 | 1,430 | 9.1 |
| Ghrmaghele | 1 | Nadzaladevi | 1,395 | 99,500 | 1,400 | 8.0 |
| Didube | 1 | Nadzaladevi | 1,830 | 115,000 | 1,890 | 6.5 |
| Gotsiridze | 1 | Nadzaladevi | 1,730 | 115,000 | 1,690 | 5.7 |
| Nadzaladevi | 1 | Nadzaladevi | 1,600 | 120,000 | 1,560 | 4.4 |
| Station Square | 1 and 2 | Chughureti and Didube border | 1,750 | 132,500 | 1,430 | 3.2 |
| Marjanishvili | 1 | Chughureti | 1,835 | 154,000 | 1,820 | 1.8 |
| Rustaveli | 1 | Mtatsminda | 2,510 | 225,000 | 2,405 | 1.5 |
| Freedom Square | 1 | Mtatsminda | 2,765 | 194,000 | 2,860 | 0.1 |
| Avlabari | 1 | Isani | 1,795 | 133,000 | 2,275 | 1.2 |
| 300 Aragveli | 1 | Isani | 1,945 | 142,500 | 1,820 | 2.1 |
| Isani | 1 | Isani | 2,035 | 144,500 | 1,880 | 3.3 |
| Samgori | 1 | Isani | 1,560 | 86,000 | 1,500 | 4.5 |
| Varketili | 1 | Samgori | 1,510 | 85,000 | 1,300 | 5.8 |
| Tsereteli | 2 | Didube | 1,725 | 145,000 | 2,080 | 3.8 |
| Technical University | 2 | Saburtalo | 1,840 | 187,000 | 3,250 | 3.6 |
| Medical University | 2 | Saburtalo | 1,900 | 163,500 | 2,340 | 4.9 |
| Delisi | 2 | Saburtalo | 2,230 | 160,000 | 2,080 | 5.9 |
| Vazha-Pshavela | 2 | Vake (edge) | 2,220 | 159,000 | 2,080 | 6.8 |
| State University | 2 | Vake (edge) | 1,895 | 146,000 | 2,080 | 7.6 |
Samples hold 18 to 52 sale ads and 35 to 47 rent ads per station. Station Square has the smallest sale sample, 18 ads, so treat its figures as indicative.
How was the table built, and what are its limits?
ss.ge lets you filter flats by metro station and by time to the station, in steps of 5, 10 or 15 minutes; it does not say how it calculates those minutes. For each station we took the newest 96 sale ads within 15 minutes and kept those tagged at 10 minutes or less, and the newest 48 rent ads within 10 minutes. We removed exact duplicates and implausible entries, then took medians of the portal's own price per square metre, price and monthly rent. Prices inside ss.ge convert at about GEL 2.60 per US dollar.
Four limits matter. These are asking prices, not sale prices. Each station mixes new flats in white or green frame, renovated flats and Soviet blocks, so its median moves with the mix. With samples this small, a gap of less than about 10 to 15% between two stations is noise. And catchments overlap in the centre, so one flat near Station Square or Marjanishvili can count for two stations. About 15 to 25% of ads that ss.ge returns for a station do not list that station in their own data, so its tagging is not perfectly consistent.
What does the table show?
The two ends of Line 1 are the cheapest. Ghrmaghele (USD 1,395 per m²), Sarajishvili (1,430), Akhmeteli Theatre (1,450) and Varketili (1,510) have the lowest asking prices. By our arithmetic the cheapest station asks about half as much per square metre as Freedom Square (USD 2,765), the dearest. Whole flats are cheapest around Varketili, with a median of USD 85,000 for 60 m², and Samgori, with USD 86,000 for 55 m².
Line 2 sits in a narrow band. Every station on the Saburtalo line asks between USD 1,725 and 2,230 per m², with Delisi and Vazha-Pshavela, at the Nutsubidze end, the dearest. Line 1 spans a much wider range, from the outer stations to the old centre around Rustaveli and Freedom Square.
Rents follow demand from students and offices. Monthly rents run from GEL 1,250 at Sarajishvili and GEL 1,300 at Varketili to GEL 2,860 at Freedom Square and GEL 3,250 at Technical University, where flats in the sample are larger, a median of 84 m². Line 2 and the centre also have the deepest rental market: within 10 minutes of Technical University ss.ge showed 4,026 rent ads, and near Medical University 3,618, against 265 near Station Square.
Do flats close to the metro cost more?
Not in a way that shows in the listings. We found no published study of a metro premium in Tbilisi: Galt & Taggart's reports do not mention the metro, and we found nothing from other banks, analysts or universities. So we ran two simple tests on the October 2026 ads.
First, within each station's 15-minute catchment, we compared ads by their tagged walking time. Ads 5 minutes from a station asked almost exactly the same per square metre as ads 15 minutes away; the ratio, pooled across stations, was 0.995 to 1.000. Second, we compared each station's median with the Galt & Taggart average for its zone. Station catchments were about 1.25 times the zone averages, close to the 1.22 ratio for the city as a whole. Higher ratios at Isani, Didube, 300 Aragveli and Gotsiridze reflect new towers next to those stations rather than the metro itself.
This does not prove there is no premium; the samples are small and only show asking prices. It does mean that, within a short walk, the age and finish of a building matter more to the price than the last few hundred metres. What the metro changes is how many tenants and buyers look at a flat, and how quickly you reach the centre.
How big is the network, and how does it run?
The metro has two lines and about 27 km of route; sources give figures from 27.1 to 28.6 km. Line 1, from Akhmeteli Theatre to Varketili, has 16 stations and opened in 1966; Line 2, the Saburtalo line from Station Square to State University, has 7 and opened in 1979. Stations opened in stages in 1966, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1989 and 2000, and the newest, State University, in 2017. Trains run from about 6:00 to midnight, and a GEL 1 fare, introduced on 1 February 2022, gives 90 minutes of travel on the metro, buses and municipal minibuses.
According to an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank project document citing the Tbilisi Transport Company, the metro carried 159.5 million passengers in 2023, an average of 437,012 a day, up from 78.9 million in 2010. No figures by station are published; news reports describe Marjanishvili, Akhmeteli Theatre and Varketili as among the busiest.
Which stations are being repaired or planned?
- Gotsiridze closed in February 2021 for a planned 3-month rebuild and reopened in March 2023, with lifts.
- Avlabari got a new upper hall under a GEL 4.2 million contract signed in 2022, finished after delays.
- Varketili has been under repair since December 2022; work has been suspended since 5 September 2025 because of cracks in the upper hall's ceiling, and Georgia Today reported in August 2026 that the deadline had moved to 30 December 2026.
- About a dozen stations are covered by a EUR 50.6 million EBRD loan approved in January 2023; a EUR 4 million design contract was signed in June 2025, with Guramishvili, Station Square and Sarajishvili named as priorities. We found no start of works by October 2026.
- New trains: 111 cars in 25 trains are on order with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank funding, and the first train was expected by the end of 2026.
- Second exits at Akhmeteli Theatre and Marjanishvili were still at the design stage in our latest sources.
New stations are further off. A 5.2 km extension of Line 1 with one station at each end was only at the market-survey stage in January 2026, and the mayor suspended a planned overground line from Samgori to Lilo around the end of 2025. The only signed rail project is the tram from Didi Dighomi to Didube metro, contracted in September 2026 for 36 months.
Which of our area guides are near a station?
By our straight-line measurement from each area's main point, eleven of our area guides lie within about 1 km of a station: Avlabari, Didube, Marjanishvili, Nadzaladevi, Isani, Saburtalo, Mtatsminda, Sololaki, Vera, Old Tbilisi and Nutsubidze Plateau, though the plateau sits well above its stations.
Ten more are 1 to 2.5 km away, a bus ride for most people: Vake (about 1.9 km to Delisi), Lisi Lake, Bagebi, which has a ropeway to the university side, Krtsanisi, Ortachala, Dighomi, most of Varketili, Vazisubani, parts of Gldani and the Tbilisi Sea housing. Far from any station are Didi Dighomi (about 3.8 km), Tskneti (3.2 km) and the outer parts of Samgori, with Lilo more than 9 km away.
Is the metro step-free?
Mostly not. Gotsiridze has had lifts since its 2023 reopening, and accessibility is part of the planned station programmes, but we found no official list of step-free stations. Many stations are deep: Rustaveli, at about 60 m, is the deepest, and its long escalators are a daily fact of life. Anyone with limited mobility should check the specific station before choosing a flat for its metro access.
What does this mean for a buyer or tenant?
| If you want | Stations to look at | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The lowest price with a metro nearby | Ghrmaghele, Sarajishvili, Akhmeteli Theatre, Varketili | About USD 1,400 to 1,500 per m² |
| A quick ride to the centre | Marjanishvili, Avlabari, 300 Aragveli | Within about 2 km of Freedom Square, below central prices |
| Strong rental demand | Technical University, Medical University, Delisi | The most rent ads within 10 minutes |
| A historic centre address | Freedom Square, Rustaveli | The highest prices and rents in the table |
| A station that will improve | Varketili, Akhmeteli Theatre | Repairs and planned extensions, with uncertain dates |
For district-level prices and yields, see our neighbourhoods comparison, and for budget areas, our page on the most affordable areas.
Checking a flat near the metro step by step
Walk the route
Ads count minutes generously; time it yourself.
Check the exit
Some stations have one exit only.
Count the climb
Hills and stairs add minutes.
Ask about works
Closures can last months.
Compare like with like
Same age and finish of building.
Test the rent
Against the station median above.
Frequently asked questions
Which metro station has the cheapest flats?
Ghrmaghele, with a median asking price of USD 1,395 per m² in October 2026.
Which station has the most expensive flats?
Freedom Square, at USD 2,765 per m².
Is a flat near the metro worth more?
We found no consistent premium in asking prices within a 15-minute walk.
How many metro stations does Tbilisi have?
23 in the usual count, on 22 sites, as Station Square serves both lines.
How much is a metro ride?
GEL 1 for 90 minutes, including buses and minibuses.
Where is the rent highest near the metro?
Technical University, at a median of GEL 3,250 a month, for larger flats.
Will the metro be extended?
An extension at both ends of Line 1 is planned, but only at the survey stage.
Which areas have no metro nearby?
Didi Dighomi, Tskneti and the outer parts of Samgori such as Lilo.
Sources
- Flats for sale and rent by metro station, ss.ge, filtered for each station (accessed 22 October 2026)
- Tbilisi Metropolitan, Georgian Encyclopedia, and Tbilisi Metro, Wikipedia (accessed 22 October 2026)
- Tbilisi Metro Modernization Project, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, 9 December 2024
- Fares, Tbilisi Transport Company (accessed 22 October 2026)
- Tbilisi residential real estate, July 2026, Galt & Taggart (accessed 22 October 2026)
- Completion of Varketili metro station rehabilitation delayed, 28 August 2026; new metro trains, 30 September 2026; and Line 1 extension market survey, 12 January 2026, Georgia Today
- Delayed Tbilisi metro projects, FactCheck Georgia, 23 December 2024
- EBRD backs Tbilisi metro station modernisation, Railway Gazette, 18 January 2023, and consortium to plan the revamp of 12 stations, 1TV, 30 June 2025
- Mayor suspends the above-ground metro project, OC Media
- Tbilisi tramway design and build contract signed, Railway Gazette, 15 September 2026
- Tbilisi metro stations and districts, OpenStreetMap (accessed 22 October 2026)
Change log
- - Data page published from ss.ge listings filtered by metro station on 22 October 2026, the Georgian Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Tbilisi Transport Company, Galt & Taggart, Georgia Today, FactCheck Georgia, Railway Gazette, 1TV, OC Media and OpenStreetMap.