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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License.

Annecy or Colombo?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Colombo for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Colombo’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 and Colombo are level on 55.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Colombo 66: Colombo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Colombo 32: Annecy leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Colombo 50: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Colombo 35: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Colombo 35: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Colombo 78: Colombo leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Colombo 30: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy and Colombo are level on 48.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Colombo.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

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

Colombo
46match

Wins on prices 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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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). Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyColombo
Official languageFrenchTamil, Sinhala
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation418 m1 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyColombo
City population132,117647,557
People per km²1,97517,361
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.