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The Plaza de los Naranjos and its fountain in the old town, Marbella
MarbellaThe Plaza de los Naranjos and its fountain in the old town
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Marbella by Décio Franchini, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marbella 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 Marbella for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Marbella 76, Savannah 55: Marbella leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Marbella 60, Savannah 58: Marbella leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Marbella 32, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Marbella 64, Savannah 52: Marbella leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marbella 70, Savannah 48: Marbella leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Marbella 77, Savannah 60: Marbella leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Marbella 70, Savannah 50: Marbella leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Marbella 38, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Marbella 58, Savannah 42: Marbella leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Marbella 30, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marbella 30, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marbella 52, Savannah 40: Marbella leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marbella and Savannah.

Your match

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

Marbella
Best match
55match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Marbella in July

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

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Marbella's temperatures are measured 40 km from the centre, at Malaga / Aeropuerto.

Marbella has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marbella: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (39.7 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarbellaSavannah
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
Elevation22 m15 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)39 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

MeasureMarbellaSavannah
City population159,786147,780
People per km²1,398524
Museums within 10 km619
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.