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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Savannah for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Savannah 68: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Savannah 48: Salzburg leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Savannah 60: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Savannah 50: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Savannah 58: Salzburg leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Savannah 42: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Savannah 40: Salzburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Savannah 40: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Savannah.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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SalzburgSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSavannah
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign Language-
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
Elevation424 m15 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSavannah
City population155,021147,780
People per km²2,360524
Museums within 10 km3819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.