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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Rotterdam 27, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam 52, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam and Savannah are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, Savannah 60: Rotterdam leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, Savannah 50: Rotterdam leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, Savannah 58: Rotterdam leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam 55, Savannah 42: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, Savannah 35: Rotterdam leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, Savannah 40: Rotterdam leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, Savannah 40: Rotterdam leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and Savannah.

Your match

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

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotterdamSavannah
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)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 number112911
Elevation10 m15 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamSavannah
City population664,311147,780
People per km²2,080524
Museums within 10 km4019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.