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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Bratislava?

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 Bratislava for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bratislava’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, Bratislava 15: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Bratislava 42: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Bratislava 45: Bratislava leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Bratislava 40: Bratislava leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Bratislava 55: Annecy leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Bratislava 78: Bratislava leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Bratislava 40: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Bratislava 68: Bratislava leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy and Bratislava are level on 35.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Bratislava 62: Bratislava leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Bratislava 48: Bratislava leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Bratislava 36: Annecy leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Bratislava.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Bratislava
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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.

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

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). Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBratislava
Official languageFrenchSlovak
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m152 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBratislava
City population132,117480,902
People per km²1,9751,308
Museums within 10 km122
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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.