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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Savannah or Seoul?

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 Savannah for

  • beaches

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

Choose Seoul for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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. Savannah 55, Seoul 18: Savannah leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Seoul.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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.

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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahSeoul

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahSeoul
Official language-Korean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation15 m38 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahSeoul
City population147,7809,668,465
People per km²52415,973
Museums within 10 km1981
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months2 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.