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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Bodrum?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Bodrum for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bodrum’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, Bodrum 80: Bodrum leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Bodrum 60: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Bodrum 45: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Bodrum 65: Bodrum leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Bodrum 60: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Bodrum 72: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Bodrum 66: Bodrum leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Bodrum 42: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Bodrum 45: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Bodrum 38: Bodrum leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Bodrum 32: Annecy leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Bodrum 52: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Bodrum.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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.

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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). Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBodrum
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m10 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBodrum
City population132,117175,000
People per km²1,975314
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.