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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Annecy or Cork?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Cork for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’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, Cork 25: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Cork 58: Cork leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Cork 40: Cork leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Cork 40: Cork leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Cork 62: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Cork 68: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Cork 50: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Cork 58: Annecy leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Cork 40: Cork leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Cork 33: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Cork 45: Cork leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Cork 22: Annecy leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Cork.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Cork
45match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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.

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyCork
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m0 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyCork
City population132,117222,333
People per km²1,9755,961
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.