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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Arequipa?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Arequipa’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, Arequipa 8: Annecy leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Arequipa 66: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Arequipa 64: Arequipa leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Arequipa 36: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Arequipa 74: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Arequipa 30: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Arequipa 35: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Arequipa 54: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Arequipa 44: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Arequipa 27: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Arequipa 34: Annecy leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Arequipa.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

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

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyArequipa
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation418 m2,335 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyArequipa
City population132,1171,008,290
People per km²1,9751,551
Museums within 10 km13
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.