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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
SofiaThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sofia by Jose Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Savannah or Sofia?

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
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Sofia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Sofia’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, Sofia 5: Savannah leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Sofia 45: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Sofia 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Sofia 50: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Sofia 80: Sofia leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Savannah and Sofia are level on 60.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Sofia 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Sofia 65: Sofia leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Sofia 38: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Sofia 78: Sofia leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Sofia 50: Sofia leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Sofia 45: Sofia leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Sofia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Savannah
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Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Sofia
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Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Sofia in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
64 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Sofia: 1991-2020 normals, Sofia Observ. (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahSofia
Official language-Bulgarian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation15 m560 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsSofia Airport (SOF)8 km from centre97 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahSofia
City population147,7801,213,134
People per km²5242,466
Museums within 10 km1942
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months-

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.