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The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Heidelberg’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. Heidelberg 7, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Heidelberg 40, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Heidelberg 58, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Heidelberg 38, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Heidelberg 60, Savannah 48: Heidelberg leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Heidelberg 78, Savannah 60: Heidelberg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Heidelberg 62, Savannah 50: Heidelberg leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Heidelberg 72, Savannah 58: Heidelberg leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Heidelberg 40, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Heidelberg 42, Savannah 35: Heidelberg leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Heidelberg 48, Savannah 40: Heidelberg leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Heidelberg 44, Savannah 40: Heidelberg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Heidelberg 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

Heidelberg
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 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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HeidelbergSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHeidelbergSavannah
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
Elevation114 m15 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHeidelbergSavannah
City population156,092147,780
People per km²1,433524
Museums within 10 km1719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.