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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Alicante 82, Savannah 55: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Savannah 58: Alicante leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Savannah 52: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Savannah 48: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Savannah 60: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Savannah 50: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Savannah 58: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Savannah 42: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Savannah 35: Alicante leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Savannah.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m15 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteSavannah
City population366,221147,780
People per km²1,819524
Museums within 10 km819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.