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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License.

Annecy or Busan?

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

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

Choose Busan for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Busan’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, Busan 68: Busan leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Busan 72: Busan leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Busan 52: Busan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Busan 60: Busan leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Busan 74: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Busan 74: Busan leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Busan 70: Busan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Busan 68: Busan leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Busan 60: Busan leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Busan 56: Busan leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Busan 42: Busan leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Busan 78: Busan leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Busan.

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 with your weighting.

Busan
Best match
65match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyBusan
Official languageFrenchKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation418 m30 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyBusan
City population132,1173,453,198
People per km²1,9754,486
Museums within 10 km17
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.