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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Cordoba?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Annecy leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Cordoba 62: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Cordoba 45: Annecy leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Cordoba 40: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Cordoba 38: Cordoba leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Cordoba 40: Annecy leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Annecy
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine 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.

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). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCordoba
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m120 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCordoba
City population132,117323,262
People per km²1,975258
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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. 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.