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The Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego
San DiegoThe Botanical Building, Balboa Park
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

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

San Diego 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 San Diego for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. San Diego 72, Savannah 55: San Diego leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. San Diego 62, Savannah 58: San Diego leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. San Diego 50, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. San Diego 48, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Diego 77, Savannah 48: San Diego leads by 29 points.
Day trips. San Diego and Savannah are level on 60.
Good for families. San Diego 96, Savannah 50: San Diego leads by 46 points.
Getting around. San Diego 38, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. San Diego 44, Savannah 42: San Diego leads by 2 points.
Affordability. San Diego 26, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Diego 56, Savannah 40: San Diego leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Diego 45, Savannah 40: San Diego leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Diego and Savannah.

Your match

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

San Diego
Best match
56match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

San Diego in July

24 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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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San DiegoSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Diego: 1991-2020 normals, San Diego International Airport (2.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan DiegoSavannah
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
Elevation129 m15 m
Main airportSan Diego International Airport (SAN)3 km from centre87 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan DiegoSavannah
City population1,386,932147,780
People per km²1,438524
Museums within 10 km2619
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month6 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.