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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Maastricht 8, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Savannah 48: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Savannah 60: Maastricht leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Savannah 50: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Savannah 58: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Savannah 42: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Savannah 35: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Savannah 40: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Maastricht
52match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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MaastrichtSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtSavannah
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m15 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSavannah
City population120,227147,780
People per km²2,000524
Museums within 10 km2119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.