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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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. Montpellier 64, Savannah 55: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Savannah 58: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Savannah 52: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Savannah 48: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Savannah 60: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Savannah 50: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Savannah 58: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Savannah 42: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Savannah 35: Montpellier leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Savannah 40: Montpellier leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Savannah 40: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Savannah.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MontpellierSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierSavannah
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m15 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierSavannah
City population310,240147,780
People per km²5,452524
Museums within 10 km1419
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.