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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

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

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Brisbane and Savannah are level on 55.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Savannah 58: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Savannah 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Savannah 48: Brisbane leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Savannah 50: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Savannah 58: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Savannah 42: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Savannah 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Savannah.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneSavannah
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneSavannah
City population2,706,966147,780
People per km²171524
Museums within 10 km1619
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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. 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.