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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Mendoza 6, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Savannah 58: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Savannah 48: Mendoza leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Savannah 35: Mendoza leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Savannah 40: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Savannah.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m15 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaSavannah
City population127,160147,780
People per km²2,355524
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.