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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Brisbane?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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 and Brisbane are level on 55.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Brisbane 60: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Brisbane 42: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Brisbane 74: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Brisbane 50: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Annecy and Brisbane are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Brisbane 45: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Brisbane 33: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Brisbane 40: Annecy leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Brisbane.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBrisbane
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation418 m0 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBrisbane
City population132,1172,706,966
People per km²1,975171
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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.