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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Bogota?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Bogota for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bogota’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, Bogota 5: Annecy leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Bogota 66: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Bogota 68: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Bogota 72: Bogota leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Bogota 64: Annecy leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Bogota 52: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Bogota 45: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Bogota 36: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Bogota 52: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Bogota 77: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Bogota 28: Annecy leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Bogota.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Annecy
50match

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

Bogota
52match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Bogota in July

17 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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). Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBogota
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation418 m2,582 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBogota
City population132,1178,034,649
People per km²1,9755,092
Museums within 10 km130
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. 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.