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The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubai 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 Dubai for

  • shopping
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Dubai 80, Savannah 55: Dubai leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Dubai 76, Savannah 58: Dubai leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Dubai 40, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Dubai 62, Savannah 52: Dubai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubai 25, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Dubai 45, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Dubai 82, Savannah 50: Dubai leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Dubai 42, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dubai 82, Savannah 42: Dubai leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Dubai 32, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubai and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubai 46, Savannah 40: Dubai leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubai and Savannah.

Your match

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

Dubai
Best match
54match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Dubai in July

42 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubaiSavannah
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubaiSavannah
City population3,944,751147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km1419
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.