VacationSelector
The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • 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. Malaga 77, Savannah 55: Malaga leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Savannah 58: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Savannah 52: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Savannah 48: Malaga leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Savannah 60: Malaga leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Savannah 50: Malaga leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Savannah 58: Malaga leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Savannah 42: Malaga leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Savannah 35: Malaga leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Savannah 40: Malaga leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Savannah 40: Malaga leads by 2 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Savannah.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on 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.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
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

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200JFMAMJJASOND
MalagaSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation18 m15 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaSavannah
City population599,063147,780
People per km²1,517524
Museums within 10 km3219
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months6 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Malaga or Savannah somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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). 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. 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.