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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Savannah or Whistler?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Whistler 40: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Whistler 20: Savannah leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Whistler 42: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Whistler 30: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Whistler 30: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Whistler 12: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Whistler 15: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Whistler.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Whistler has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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

Before you go

MeasureSavannahWhistler
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation15 m670 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahWhistler
City population147,78013,982
People per km²52458
Museums within 10 km191
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.