Best time to visit Savannah

United States · North America

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Savannah

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Go in Feb, Apr, May or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 25C max, 5 rainy days. Sep is the next best.

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Things to do in Savannah

Bonaventure Cemetery Fans of "The Book" will find Johnny Mercer's grave here…
Wormsloe Historic Site The entrance has a beautiful avenue of live oak trees…
Temple Mickve Israel Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, USA
Forsyth Park This large public park, which marks the southern edge of the Historic District…
River Street A popular cobblestone street (one way east) along the south bank of the Savannah River.
Georgia State Railroad Museum Features several vintage pieces of rolling stock, an operating model train layout…
Chippewa Square This square was laid out in 1815 and named for a battle in the War of 1812.

Tours and tickets in Savannah

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Savannah), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	16°	6d	73%	7.7h	good	16C max, 6 rainy days
Feb	20°	7d	76%	7.9h	sweet spot	20C max, 7 rainy days
Mar	22°	7d	69%	9.2h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Apr	25°	5d	69%	11.0h	sweet spot	25C max, 5 rainy days
May	28°	9d	73%	10.9h	sweet spot	28C max, 9 rainy days
Jun	31°	10d	78%	11.1h	okbusy	busier than usual
Jul	32°	11d	79%	11.4h	avoid	32C max, 11 rainy days
Aug	31°	13d	83%	10.5h	avoid	31C max, 13 rainy days
Sep	29°	9d	80%	10.1h	good	29C max, 9 rainy days
Oct	26°	6d	77%	9.3h	sweet spot	26C max, 6 rainy days
Nov	21°	7d	76%	8.0h	good	21C max, 7 rainy days
Dec	17°	7d	78%	7.0h	okbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the historic district, 11 km from the airport (SAV): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in March and December; quietest in October.

Then and now

Savannah's February days now average 19.5°C, 2.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	14.1°	16.8°	19.7°	23.3°	27.2°	30.6°	31.7°	30.4°	28.1°	24.2°	20.6°	16.0°
2017–26	15.8°	19.5°	22.1°	25.2°	28.4°	30.6°	32.3°	31.0°	29.4°	25.5°	20.6°	17.0°
Change	+1.7°	+2.7°	+2.5°	+1.9°	+1.2°	+0.0°	+0.6°	+0.6°	+1.3°	+1.3°	-0.0°	+1.0°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Savannah is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, though a few small places take cash only. Keep some $1 and $5 notes for tips; Venmo and PayPal are for locals.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Expected: 15–20% in sit-down restaurants (18–20% is standard in New York) and 10–20% for taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers. Large groups may find it already on the bill.

Getting around Savannah

Apps — Rides: Lyft, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp. In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and some other cities you can also book a driverless Waymo in its own app.

Chatham Area Transit (CAT) has bus services fanning out from an intermodal Transit Center downtown on W. Oglethorpe Ave. It also operates the free dot Shuttle (Route #5) that winds its way around the Historic District… More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Savannah, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Savannah in pictures

2023 11 27 02 Tug, COOPER MORAN IMO 9812547 Savannah GA USA — i

Gordon Leggett, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2023 11 27 01 Tug, COOPER MORAN IMO 9812547 Savannah GA USA — i

Gordon Leggett, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Savannah Mumbwa Zambia Jul23 R16 07383 — i

Timothy A, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Golden hour at bekol savannah — i

Candra Firmansyah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Aerial view of Savannah, Missouri 9 2 2013 — i

Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Savannah is like

Savannah is the fifth largest city in Georgia, at the northern end of the state's coast. It's famous for having one of the largest historic districts in the country. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Bonaventure Cemetery. Fans of "The Book" will find Johnny Mercer's grave here, along with those of Conrad Aiken and other Southern notables. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Take a Riverboat Cruise on the Savannah River Queen or the Georgia Queen. Visit the Savannah Visitors Center and the Savannah History Museum. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: I-95 and I-16 are readily accessible to the city. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Savannah's Historic District is safe for exploring the area during the day, with at least one other person - a normal safety precaution. Outside the historic district crime is prevalent. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Savannah, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Savannah

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Kind of place

Savannah is in United States, North America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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