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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Laguna 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 Laguna Beach for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Laguna Beach 72, Savannah 55: Laguna Beach leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach 27, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Savannah 48: Laguna Beach leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Savannah 60: Laguna Beach leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Savannah 50: Laguna Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Savannah 42: Laguna Beach leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Savannah 40: Laguna Beach leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Laguna Beach and Savannah.

Your match

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

Laguna Beach
46match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °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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Laguna BeachSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna 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
Elevation6 m15 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 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

MeasureLaguna BeachSavannah
City population23,032147,780
People per km²907524
Museums within 10 km219
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.