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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Atlanta?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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, Atlanta 10: Annecy leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Atlanta 55: Atlanta leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Atlanta 60: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Atlanta 52: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Atlanta 28: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Atlanta 50: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Atlanta 40: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Atlanta 33: Annecy leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Atlanta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Annecy
50match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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.

Atlanta 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). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyAtlanta
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m225 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyAtlanta
City population132,117498,715
People per km²1,9751,433
Museums within 10 km127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.