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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Annecy or Bath?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Bath for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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, Bath 10: Annecy leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Bath 44: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Bath 68: Bath leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Bath 30: Bath leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Bath 58: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Bath 80: Bath leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Bath 50: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Bath 72: Bath leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Bath 54: Bath leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Bath 27: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Bath 44: Bath leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Bath 78: Bath leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Bath.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Annecy
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Bath
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

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). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBath
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation418 m132 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBath
City population132,11794,092
People per km²1,9753,245
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.