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The domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Abu DhabiThe domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Abu Dhabi by Jeffry Surianto, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Abu Dhabi or Savannah?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Abu Dhabi for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Abu Dhabi’s own page.

Choose Savannah for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Abu Dhabi 78, Savannah 55: Abu Dhabi leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Abu Dhabi 55, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Abu Dhabi 64, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Abu Dhabi 34, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Abu Dhabi 28, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Abu Dhabi 45, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Abu Dhabi 82, Savannah 50: Abu Dhabi leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Abu Dhabi 24, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Abu Dhabi 50, Savannah 42: Abu Dhabi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Abu Dhabi 38, Savannah 35: Abu Dhabi leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Abu Dhabi 32, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Abu Dhabi 46, Savannah 40: Abu Dhabi leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Abu Dhabi and Savannah.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Abu Dhabi
48match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Abu Dhabi in July

43 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Abu DhabiSavannah

Where the figures come from

Abu Dhabi's temperatures are measured 26 km from the centre, at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Abu Dhabi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Abu Dhabi: 1991-2020 normals, Abu Dhabi International Airport (25.7 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAbu DhabiSavannah
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m15 m
Main airportZayed International Airport (AUH)26 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAbu DhabiSavannah
City population1,570,000147,780
People per km²1,615524
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.