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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Las Vegas 10, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Savannah 58: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Savannah 52: Las Vegas leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Savannah 48: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Savannah 42: Las Vegas leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas and Savannah are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Savannah 40: Las Vegas leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Savannah.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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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Las VegasSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasSavannah
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
Elevation610 m15 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasSavannah
City population641,903147,780
People per km²1,843524
Museums within 10 km2119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.