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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família

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

Annecy or Barcelona?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Barcelona’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, Barcelona 75: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Barcelona 82: Barcelona leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Barcelona 86: Barcelona leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Barcelona 82: Barcelona leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Barcelona 72: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Barcelona 80: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Barcelona 76: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Barcelona 80: Barcelona leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Barcelona 75: Barcelona leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Barcelona 44: Barcelona leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Barcelona 70: Barcelona leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Barcelona 38: Annecy leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Barcelona.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights 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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBarcelona
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m9 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBarcelona
City population132,1171,731,649
People per km²1,97517,094
Museums within 10 km195
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.