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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Savannah or Warsaw?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Savannah leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Warsaw 47: Savannah leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Warsaw 52: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Warsaw 35: Savannah leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahWarsaw
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation15 m118 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahWarsaw
City population147,7801,862,402
People per km²5243,601
Museums within 10 km19117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.