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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Mumbai 18, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Savannah 58: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Savannah 68: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai and Savannah are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Savannah 48: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Savannah 42: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Savannah 35: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Savannah 40: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSavannah
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m15 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSavannah
City population15,414,288147,780
People per km²25,563524
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.