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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Savannah or Ushuaia?

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 Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Savannah leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Ushuaia 40: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Ushuaia 22: Savannah leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Ushuaia 18: Savannah leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Ushuaia 14: Savannah leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Ushuaia 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Ushuaia 45: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Ushuaia 22: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Ushuaia 10: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Ushuaia 26: Savannah leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation15 m23 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahUshuaia
City population147,78082,615
People per km²5243,592
Museums within 10 km195
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.