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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

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. Cartagena 70, Savannah 55: Cartagena leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Savannah 58: Cartagena leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena and Savannah are level on 68.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Savannah 52: Cartagena leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Savannah 42: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Savannah 35: Cartagena leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cartagena
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2 m15 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaSavannah
City population914,552147,780
People per km²1,599524
Museums within 10 km219
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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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). 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.