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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Positano 77, Savannah 55: Positano leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Savannah 48: Positano leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Savannah 60: Positano leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Savannah 42: Positano leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Savannah 40: Positano leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Savannah.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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.

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoSavannah
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
Elevation142 m15 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoSavannah
City population3,729147,780
People per km²429524
Museums within 10 km1019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.