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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights

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. Izmir 62, Savannah 55: Izmir leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Savannah 58: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Savannah 52: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Savannah 48: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Savannah 60: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Savannah 50: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Savannah 58: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Savannah 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Savannah 35: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Savannah 40: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Savannah 40: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Savannah.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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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IzmirSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirSavannah
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m15 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirSavannah
City population4,493,242147,780
People per km²4,760524
Museums within 10 km2919
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.