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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Savannah or Victoria Falls?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Savannah leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Victoria Falls 24: Savannah leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Victoria Falls 12: Savannah leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Victoria Falls 8: Savannah leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Victoria Falls 22: Savannah leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Victoria Falls 38: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Victoria Falls 45: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Victoria Falls 18: Savannah leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Victoria Falls 32: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Victoria Falls 10: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Victoria Falls 34: Savannah leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on 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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahVictoria Falls
Official language-English, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911999
Elevation15 m961 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahVictoria Falls
City population147,78033,060
People per km²524-
Museums within 10 km192
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.