# Georgia today, Sunday 8 November: weather, roads and the lari

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- Author: Nino Gelashvili (GTour desk, Tbilisi)
- Published: 2026-11-08
- Updated: 2026-11-08
- Language: en
- Russian edition: https://gtour.ge/ru/georgia-today-sunday-8-november-weather-roads-and-the-lari/

Rain dominates the west with Batumi and Kutaisi both near 100% chance of showers, while Tbilisi stays dry but overcast around 11°C; in the mountains Gudauri sees heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures, with Kazbegi and Mestia also under light snowfall. Trucks with trailers remain banned on the Gudauri-Kobi section, and the lari trades at 2.60 to the US dollar.

### Weather today

| Place | Sky | Low / high | Rain chance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tbilisi | overcast | 6° / 11°C | 0% |
| Batumi | rain showers | 8° / 10°C | 100% |
| Kutaisi | rain showers | 6° / 8°C | 98% |
| Telavi | overcast | 4° / 10°C | 38% |
| Gudauri | heavy snow showers (snow 2.1 cm) | -8° / -2°C | 98% |
| Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) | snow grains (snow 0.91 cm) | -5° / -0°C | 100% |
| Mestia | light snow (snow 0.49 cm) | -5° / -0°C | 10% |

Daylight in Tbilisi: 07:41–17:47.

### Roads and mountain passes

Restrictions currently notified by the Roads Department:

- Sachkhere (Sareki)-Uzunta-Shkmeri-Zudali road, km20-km38 section: trucks with trailers and semi-trailers prohibited

- Trucks with trailers and semi-trailers banned on Gudauri-Kobi section

- Certain types of vehicles banned on Nichbisi-Didgori-Didi Toneti road

- Traffic Banned on Tsana–Lasdili and Ushguli–Lasdili Sections

- Traffic restricted for 2 weeks on Kutaisi-Alpana-Mamisoni road, km107-km112 section

- Traffic Banned on Pshaveli–Abano–Omalo Road, km22–km72 Section

- Zugdidi-Jvari-Mestia-Lasdili road, km177-km178 section: traffic temporarily closed

Recently reopened: Trailer and semi-trailer traffic resumed on Gudauri (Post Office)–Kobi section; Traffic for high-clearance vehicles resumed on the Tsana-Lasdili and Ushguli-Lasdili sections; Traffic fully restored on the road at the entrance to Oni; Traffic Resumed on Zugdidi–Jvari–Mestia–Lasdili Road, km177–km178 Section.

Live table, refreshed hourly: [Georgia road and pass status](https://gtour.ge/road-status/).

### Exchange rate (National Bank of Georgia)

1 USD = 2.595 GEL · 1 EUR = 2.9 GEL · 1 GBP = 3.475 GEL. Official rate; exchange offices in the city centre are usually within 1–2% of it. See [money, ATMs and tipping](https://gtour.ge/money-atms-tipping-georgia/).

*Compiled by the GTour desk at 07:30 Tbilisi time from the National Environment Agency/Open-Meteo forecast model, the Roads Department of Georgia and the National Bank of Georgia.*

Photo: Dalibor Z. Chvatal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

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