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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0.

Annecy or Cocoa Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’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, Cocoa Beach 80: Cocoa Beach leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Cocoa Beach 32: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Cocoa Beach 12: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Cocoa Beach 27: Cocoa Beach leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Cocoa Beach 62: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Cocoa Beach 52: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Cocoa Beach 72: Cocoa Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Cocoa Beach 22: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Cocoa Beach 20: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Cocoa Beach 40: Cocoa Beach leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Cocoa Beach 14: Annecy leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AnnecyCocoa Beach

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.

Cocoa Beach 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.

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). Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCocoa Beach
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m0 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCocoa Beach
City population132,11711,354
People per km²1,975290
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-11 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.