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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Beaver Creek?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Beaver Creek for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’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, Beaver Creek 6: Annecy leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Beaver Creek 38: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Beaver Creek 7: Annecy leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Beaver Creek 12: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Beaver Creek 90: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Beaver Creek 40: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Beaver Creek 62: Beaver Creek leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Beaver Creek 45: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Beaver Creek 22: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Beaver Creek 5: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Beaver Creek 36: Beaver Creek leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Beaver Creek 55: Beaver Creek leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Beaver Creek.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts 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

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AnnecyBeaver Creek

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.

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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). Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBeaver Creek
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m2,264 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBeaver Creek
City population132,117-
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km10
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.