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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Austin 30, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Savannah 58: Austin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Savannah 52: Austin leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Savannah 48: Austin leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Savannah 50: Austin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Savannah 42: Austin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Savannah 40: Austin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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AustinSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinSavannah
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m15 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinSavannah
City population961,855147,780
People per km²1,217524
Museums within 10 km2119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.