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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

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

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Brussels 18, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Savannah 58: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Savannah 68: Brussels leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Savannah 52: Brussels leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Savannah 60: Brussels leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Savannah 50: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Savannah 58: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Savannah 42: Brussels leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Savannah 35: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Savannah 40: Brussels leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 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: Brussels and Savannah.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsSavannah
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m15 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsSavannah
City population195,546147,780
People per km²5,908524
Museums within 10 km10619
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.