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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License.

Annecy or Banff?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Banff’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, Banff 12: Annecy leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Banff 32: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Banff 22: Annecy leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Banff 30: Banff leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Banff 98: Banff leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Banff 25: Annecy leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Annecy and Banff are level on 60.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Banff 55: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Banff 28: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Banff 18: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Banff 32: Annecy leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Banff 54: Banff leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Banff.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Banff
39match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBanff
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m1,400 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBanff
City population132,1178,305
People per km²1,9751,730
Museums within 10 km14
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.