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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Savannah for

  • getting around
  • 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. Catania 72, Savannah 55: Catania leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Savannah 58: Catania leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Savannah 52: Catania leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Savannah 48: Catania leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Savannah 60: Catania leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Catania and Savannah are level on 50.
Getting around. Catania 48, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Catania and Savannah are level on 42.
Affordability. Catania 60, Savannah 35: Catania leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Savannah 40: Catania leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Savannah.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaSavannah
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m15 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaSavannah
City population311,584147,780
People per km²1,704524
Museums within 10 km2519
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.