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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Calgary?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Calgary for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Calgary’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, Calgary 8: Annecy leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Calgary 45: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Calgary 35: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Calgary 40: Calgary leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Calgary 88: Annecy leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Calgary 55: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Calgary 68: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Calgary 42: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Calgary 46: Calgary leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Calgary 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Calgary.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Calgary
46match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCalgary
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m1,045 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCalgary
City population132,1171,306,784
People per km²1,9751,583
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.