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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Catania?

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

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Catania for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Catania’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, Catania 72: Catania leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Catania 77: Catania leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Catania 62: Catania leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Catania 60: Catania leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Catania 83: Annecy leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Catania 84: Catania leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Catania 50: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Catania 48: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Catania 42: Catania leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Catania 60: Catania leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Catania 55: Catania leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Catania 30: Annecy leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Catania.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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). Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCatania
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m7 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCatania
City population132,117311,584
People per km²1,9751,704
Museums within 10 km125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.