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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License.

Annecy or Cape Town?

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

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Cape Town for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Cape Town’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, Cape Town 58: Cape Town leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Cape Town 98: Cape Town leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Cape Town 68: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Cape Town 58: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Cape Town 35: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Cape Town 50: Cape Town leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Cape Town 52: Cape Town leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Cape Town 45: Annecy leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Cape Town.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Cape Town
Best match
61match

Wins on prices 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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). Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCape Town
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m5 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCape Town
City population132,1173,776,313
People per km²1,9751,538
Museums within 10 km122
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.