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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Savannah or Valencia?

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

Savannah does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Valencia for

  • families
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah and Valencia are level on 68.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Valencia.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahValencia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation15 m15 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahValencia
City population147,780840,792
People per km²5246,242
Museums within 10 km1945
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.