| Official Name: | Variani |
| Native Name: | ვარიანი |
| Pushpin Map: | Georgia (country) |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Georgia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Shida Kartli |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gori |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 1,469 |
| Timezone: | Georgian Time |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Coordinates: | 42.0742°N 44.0336°W |
| Elevation M: | 680 |
Variani (Georgian: ვარიანი) is a village in the Gori District of Shida Kartli, about from Gori. As of 2014, it had a population of 1,469.[1]
Variani is best known for being the birthplace of Iakob Gogebashvili and the location of the Iakob Gogebashvili House Museum,[2] being a border village to the South Ossetia disputed territory, and being occupied by Russian forces in the 2008 South Ossetia war[3] until 8 October 2008.[4]
In addition to Iakob Gogebashvili, who was born in Variani in 1841, the boxer Georgi Kandelaki who won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Superheavyweight category[5] and competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, was born on 10 April 1971 in Variani.[6]