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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oslo 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 Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Savannah for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Oslo 36, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Savannah 48: Oslo leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Savannah 50: Oslo leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Savannah 58: Oslo leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Savannah 42: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Savannah 40: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Savannah 40: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Savannah.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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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OsloSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSavannah
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m15 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSavannah
City population717,710147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km6019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.