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The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo 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 Santo Domingo for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Savannah for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. Santo Domingo 58, Savannah 55: Santo Domingo leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Savannah 52: Santo Domingo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Savannah 42: Santo Domingo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Savannah 35: Santo Domingo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Savannah 40: Santo Domingo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation14 m15 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoSavannah
City population2,201,941147,780
People per km²1,691524
Museums within 10 km1019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Santo Domingo or Savannah somewhere new.

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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). 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.