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The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta 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 Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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. Nuevo Vallarta 84, Savannah 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Savannah 48: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Savannah 50: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Savannah 35: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Savannah 40: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Savannah.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Nuevo VallartaSavannah

Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaSavannah
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m15 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaSavannah
City population1,301147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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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). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.