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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Dresden 10, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Savannah 68: Dresden leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Savannah 48: Dresden leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Savannah 60: Dresden leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Savannah 50: Dresden leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Savannah 58: Dresden leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden and Savannah are level on 42.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Savannah 35: Dresden leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Savannah 40: Dresden leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Savannah 40: Dresden leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Savannah.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °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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DresdenSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenSavannah
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation126 m15 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenSavannah
City population562,764147,780
People per km²1,713524
Museums within 10 km7019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.