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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Austin?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Austin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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, Austin 30: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Austin 66: Austin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Austin 40: Austin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Austin 65: Austin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Austin 57: Annecy leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Austin 58: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Austin 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Austin 30: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Austin 45: Austin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Austin 33: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Austin 77: Austin leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Austin 40: Annecy leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Austin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Annecy
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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.

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). Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyAustin
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m149 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyAustin
City population132,117961,855
People per km²1,9751,217
Museums within 10 km121
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.