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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Antigua Guatemala?

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 Annecy for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Antigua Guatemala’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. Annecy 55, Antigua Guatemala 6: Annecy leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Antigua Guatemala 48: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Antigua Guatemala 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Antigua Guatemala 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Antigua Guatemala 78: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Antigua Guatemala 55: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Antigua Guatemala 38: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Antigua Guatemala 60: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Antigua Guatemala 67: Antigua Guatemala leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Antigua Guatemala 22: Annecy leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Antigua Guatemala 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Annecy in July

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

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AnnecyAntigua Guatemala

Where the figures come from

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.

Antigua Guatemala 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. Annecy: 2007-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Annecy / Metz-Tessy (4.4 km from centre). Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyAntigua Guatemala
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation418 m1,582 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyAntigua Guatemala
City population132,11759,091
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.