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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Quito 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 Quito for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Quito 5, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Savannah 68: Quito leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Savannah 48: Quito leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Savannah 35: Quito leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Savannah 40: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito 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

Quito
50match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoSavannah
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua-
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,850 m15 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoSavannah
City population1,763,275147,780
People per km²4,735524
Museums within 10 km1619
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.