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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

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

Mazatlan 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 Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Mazatlan 80, Savannah 55: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Savannah 58: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Savannah 52: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Savannah 48: Mazatlan leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Savannah 50: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Savannah 35: Mazatlan leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan 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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices 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.

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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MazatlanSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanSavannah
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation139 m15 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanSavannah
City population441,975147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.