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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Annecy?

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 Alta, Utah for

Alta, Utah does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Annecy for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Annecy’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. Alta, Utah 3, Annecy 55: Annecy leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Annecy 50: Annecy leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Annecy 38: Annecy leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Annecy 25: Annecy leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Annecy 92: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Annecy 70: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Annecy 60: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Annecy 62: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Annecy 35: Annecy leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Annecy 35: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Annecy 33: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Annecy 48: Annecy leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Annecy.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Annecy in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Annecy 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.

Annecy's sunshine is measured 39 km from the centre, at Geneve-Cointrin.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Annecy: 2007-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Annecy / Metz-Tessy (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahAnnecy
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m418 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahAnnecy
City population228132,117
People per km²191,975
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.