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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart 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 Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Hobart 30, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Savannah 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Savannah 48: Hobart leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Hobart and Savannah are level on 60.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Savannah 50: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hobart and Savannah are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Savannah 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Savannah.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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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HobartSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSavannah
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m15 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSavannah
City population197,451147,780
People per km²116524
Museums within 10 km819
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). 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.