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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Savannah or Xi'an?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Savannah leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Xi'an 42: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Savannah 60, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Xi'an 48: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah and Xi'an are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah and Xi'an are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahXi'an
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation15 m405 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahXi'an
City population147,78012,952,907
People per km²5241,283
Museums within 10 km199
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.