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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Savannah or Thessaloniki?

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

  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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 and Thessaloniki are level on 55.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Savannah and Thessaloniki are level on 50.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Thessaloniki 33: Savannah leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on wellness with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
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 m6 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahThessaloniki
City population147,780309,617
People per km²52416,042
Museums within 10 km1932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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.