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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Savannah or Toronto?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Savannah leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Toronto 50: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Toronto 50: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Toronto 34: Savannah leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Toronto 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 Toronto.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation15 m76 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahToronto
City population147,7802,794,356
People per km²5244,434
Museums within 10 km1932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months1 month

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.