Tskneti
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Tskneti
წყნეთი | |
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| Country | Georgia |
| City | Tbilisi |
| District (Raioni) | Vake District[1] |
| Elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 7 166 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Tskneti (Georgian: წყნეთი) is an urban-type settlement (Daba) in southwestern part of Vake District, Tbilisi, Georgia,[3] on the right bank of the river Mtkvari.
Tskneti is located on the eastern slopes of the Trialeti Range, in the gorge of the Vere River (right tributary of the Mtkvari), 8 km from the center of Tbilisi and 950 m above sea level.
Climate
The daba of Tskneti has a warm humid continental climate, with mild winters and long warm summers. The average temperature is 13 °C. The warmest month is August, at 24 °C, and the coldest January, at −2 °C.[4] The average rainfall is 738 millimeters per year. The wettest month is May, with 122 millimeters of rain, and the driest December, with 31 millimeters.[5]
