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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Savannah for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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. Muscat 72, Savannah 55: Muscat leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Savannah 48: Muscat leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Savannah 60: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Savannah 50: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat and Savannah are level on 42.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Savannah 35: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Savannah 40: Muscat leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Savannah.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatSavannah
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number968911
Elevation69 m15 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatSavannah
City population1,421,409147,780
People per km²406524
Museums within 10 km1019
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). 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). 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.