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Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Savannah or Zagreb?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Savannah leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Savannah 58, Zagreb 55: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Savannah 68, Zagreb 56: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Savannah 52, Zagreb 47: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Savannah 48, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Savannah and Zagreb are level on 60.
Good for families. Savannah 50, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Savannah 58, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Savannah 42, Zagreb 40: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Savannah 35, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Savannah 40, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Savannah 40, Zagreb 33: Savannah leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Savannah and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SavannahZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSavannahZagreb
Official language-Croatian
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 m127 m
Main airportSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSavannahZagreb
City population147,780767,131
People per km²524-
Museums within 10 km1927
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. 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.