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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Savannah or Shanghai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Savannah leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Shanghai 25: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahShanghai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahShanghai
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation15 m4 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahShanghai
City population147,78024,870,895
People per km²5243,922
Museums within 10 km1945
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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.