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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Florianopolis 85, Savannah 55: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Savannah 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Savannah 48: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Savannah 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Savannah 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Savannah 40: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florianopolis
52match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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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FlorianopolisSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisSavannah
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation3 m15 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisSavannah
City population587,486147,780
People per km²870524
Museums within 10 km1119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months6 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. 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. 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.