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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain.

Annecy or Auckland?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Auckland for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Auckland’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, Auckland 68: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Auckland 62: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Auckland 44: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Auckland 42: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Auckland 83: Annecy leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Auckland 55: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Auckland 70: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Auckland 42: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Auckland 32: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Auckland 45: Annecy leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Auckland.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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.

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler 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). Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyAuckland
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation418 m196 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyAuckland
City population132,1171,470,100
People per km²1,9752,630
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.