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La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

San Sebastian 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 Sebastian for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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. San Sebastian 68, Savannah 55: San Sebastian leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. San Sebastian 88, Savannah 58: San Sebastian leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. San Sebastian 52, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. San Sebastian 44, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Sebastian 72, Savannah 48: San Sebastian leads by 24 points.
Day trips. San Sebastian 80, Savannah 60: San Sebastian leads by 20 points.
Good for families. San Sebastian 66, Savannah 50: San Sebastian leads by 16 points.
Getting around. San Sebastian 80, Savannah 58: San Sebastian leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. San Sebastian 40, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Affordability. San Sebastian 32, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Sebastian 45, Savannah 40: San Sebastian leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Sebastian 50, Savannah 40: San Sebastian leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Sebastian and Savannah.

Your match

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

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Savannah
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.

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °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

San Sebastian's station stands 252 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. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan SebastianSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation6 m15 m
Main airportSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 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 SebastianSavannah
City population189,866147,780
People per km²3,118524
Museums within 10 km1419
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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). 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.