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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium

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

Annecy or Brussels?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Brussels for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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, Brussels 18: Annecy leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Brussels 72: Brussels leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Brussels 74: Brussels leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Brussels 60: Brussels leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Brussels 45: Annecy leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Brussels 89: Brussels leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Annecy and Brussels are level on 60.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Brussels 72: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Brussels 62: Brussels leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Brussels 40: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Brussels 68: Brussels leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Brussels 33: Annecy leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Brussels.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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.

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). Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBrussels
Official languageFrenchFrench, German, Dutch
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 m70 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBrussels
City population132,117195,546
People per km²1,9755,908
Museums within 10 km1106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km210

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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.