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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Annecy or Budapest?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Budapest for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Budapest 58: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Budapest 68: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Budapest.

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.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and wellness 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBudapest
Official languageFrenchHungarian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Forint (HUF)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m117 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBudapest
City population132,1171,675,777
People per km²1,9753,191
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. 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.