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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Huntington Beach 70, Savannah 55: Huntington Beach leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Savannah 48: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Savannah 60: Huntington Beach leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Savannah 50: Huntington Beach leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach and Savannah are level on 42.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Savannah.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
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.

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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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Huntington BeachSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachSavannah
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m15 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachSavannah
City population198,711147,780
People per km²2,406524
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.