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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Jerusalem 40, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Savannah 58: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Savannah 68: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Savannah 48: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Savannah 60: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Savannah 50: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Savannah 42: Jerusalem leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Savannah 40: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem 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

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °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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Where the figures come from

Jerusalem has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSavannah
Official languageHebrew-
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m15 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSavannah
City population1,050,151147,780
People per km²8,374524
Museums within 10 km6919
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months6 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.