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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

El Nido 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 El Nido for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • 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. El Nido 92, Savannah 55: El Nido leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Savannah 48: El Nido leads by 39 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 52 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 35 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Savannah 35: El Nido leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Savannah 40: El Nido leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Savannah.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 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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El NidoSavannah

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoSavannah
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation35 m15 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoSavannah
City population51,367147,780
People per km²56524
Museums within 10 km019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.