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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Savannah or Sydney?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sydney for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Sydney 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Sydney 50: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Sydney 22: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Sydney.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahSydney
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation15 m6 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahSydney
City population147,7805,450,496
People per km²524449
Museums within 10 km1938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months6 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.