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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Amsterdam 25, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Savannah 68: Amsterdam leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Savannah 52: Amsterdam leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Savannah 60: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Savannah 50: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Savannah 58: Amsterdam leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Savannah 42: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Savannah 40: Amsterdam leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Savannah 40: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Savannah.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamSavannah
Official languageDutch-
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
Elevation-2 m15 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamSavannah
City population921,468147,780
People per km²4,208524
Museums within 10 km10119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.