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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License.

Annecy or Athens?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Athens for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Athens’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, Athens 70: Athens leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Athens 78: Athens leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Athens 88: Athens leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Athens 80: Athens leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Athens 64: Annecy leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Athens 85: Athens leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Athens 58: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Athens 66: Athens leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Athens 55: Athens leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Athens 56: Athens leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Athens 64: Athens leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Athens 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 Athens.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

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. Annecy: 2007-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Annecy / Metz-Tessy (4.4 km from centre). Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyAthens
Official languageFrenchGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m74 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyAthens
City population132,117643,452
People per km²1,97516,499
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.