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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Annecy or Bangkok?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bangkok’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, Bangkok 12: Annecy leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Bangkok 25: Annecy leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Bangkok 72: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Bangkok 50: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Bangkok 50: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Bangkok 52: Bangkok leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Bangkok 75: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Bangkok.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBangkok
Official languageFrenchThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation418 m2 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBangkok
City population132,1175,676,648
People per km²1,9753,619
Museums within 10 km159
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.