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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Helsinki 28, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki 58, Savannah 48: Helsinki leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Savannah 60: Helsinki leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Savannah 50: Helsinki leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Savannah 58: Helsinki leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Savannah 42: Helsinki leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Savannah 40: Helsinki leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Savannah 40: Helsinki leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Savannah.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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HelsinkiSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiSavannah
Official languageFinnish, Swedish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation17 m15 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHelsinkiSavannah
City population694,392147,780
People per km²3,239524
Museums within 10 km7419
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.