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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Pisa 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 Pisa for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Savannah for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • 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. Pisa 58, Savannah 55: Pisa leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa and Savannah are level on 68.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Savannah 48: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Savannah 60: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Savannah 50: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Savannah 58: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Savannah 35: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Savannah 40: Pisa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Savannah.

Your match

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

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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PisaSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaSavannah
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation4 m15 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaSavannah
City population88,737147,780
People per km²479524
Museums within 10 km2719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.