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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • prices
  • 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. Monaco 68, Savannah 55: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Savannah 48: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Savannah 60: Monaco leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Savannah 50: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Savannah 58: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Savannah 42: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Savannah 40: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Savannah 40: Monaco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Savannah.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoSavannah
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m15 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoSavannah
City population38,857147,780
People per km²18,503524
Museums within 10 km1419
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.