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The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cusco 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 Cusco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Cusco 3, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cusco 56, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cusco 81, Savannah 68: Cusco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Cusco 42, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cusco 86, Savannah 48: Cusco leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Cusco 78, Savannah 60: Cusco leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cusco 10, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Cusco 48, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cusco 52, Savannah 42: Cusco leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cusco 73, Savannah 35: Cusco leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cusco 30, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco 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: Cusco 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

Cusco
49match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CuscoSavannah

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCuscoSavannah
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation3,399 m15 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoSavannah
City population428,450147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km1119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.