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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sapporo 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 Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Sapporo 28, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Savannah 58: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Savannah 52: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Savannah 48: Sapporo leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Savannah 60: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Savannah 50: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Savannah 58: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Savannah 42: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Savannah 35: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Savannah 40: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Savannah 40: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Savannah.

Your match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoSavannah
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation5 m15 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoSavannah
City population1,959,313147,780
People per km²1,747524
Museums within 10 km3319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.