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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Bilbao 45, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Savannah 58: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Savannah 52: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Savannah 48: Bilbao leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Savannah 60: Bilbao leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Savannah 50: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Savannah 58: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Savannah 42: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Savannah 35: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Savannah 40: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Savannah.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoSavannah
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
Elevation19 m15 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoSavannah
City population351,124147,780
People per km²8,440524
Museums within 10 km1719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month6 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.