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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Dublin 27, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Savannah 52: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Savannah 48: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Savannah 60: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Savannah 50: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Savannah 58: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Savannah 42: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Savannah 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin 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

Dublin
53match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinSavannah
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m15 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSavannah
City population592,713147,780
People per km²5,154524
Museums within 10 km4019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.