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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • shopping
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Savannah for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Doha 45, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Savannah 50: Doha leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Savannah 42: Doha leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Savannah 35: Doha leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Savannah.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 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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DohaSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaSavannah
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaSavannah
City population1,186,023147,780
People per km²8,985524
Museums within 10 km619
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.