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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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. Kathmandu 4, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Savannah 68: Kathmandu leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Savannah 48: Kathmandu leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Savannah 42: Kathmandu leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Savannah 35: Kathmandu leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Savannah 40: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Savannah.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
48match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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KathmanduSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduSavannah
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m15 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduSavannah
City population845,767147,780
People per km²17,121524
Museums within 10 km919
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.