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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Portland 20, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Savannah 58: Portland leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Portland and Savannah are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Savannah 48: Portland leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Savannah 50: Portland leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Savannah 58: Portland leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Savannah 42: Portland leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Savannah 35: Portland leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Savannah 40: Portland leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Savannah 40: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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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PortlandSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandSavannah
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation152 m15 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSavannah
City population652,503147,780
People per km²1,736524
Museums within 10 km1719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.