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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Copper Mountain?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Copper Mountain for

  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Copper Mountain’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, Copper Mountain 3: Annecy leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Copper Mountain 20: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Copper Mountain 4: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Copper Mountain 12: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Copper Mountain 90: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Copper Mountain 55: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Copper Mountain 62: Copper Mountain leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Copper Mountain 48: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Copper Mountain 8: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Copper Mountain 18: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Copper Mountain 8: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Copper Mountain 28: Annecy leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Copper Mountain.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on 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
15 hdaylight a day

Copper Mountain in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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.

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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). Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCopper Mountain
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m2,955 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCopper Mountain
City population132,117650
People per km²1,9758
Museums within 10 km10
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.