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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Annecy or Florianopolis?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Florianopolis 33: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Florianopolis 78: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Florianopolis 50: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Annecy and Florianopolis are level on 60.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Florianopolis 28: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Florianopolis 33: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Florianopolis 28: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Florianopolis 45: Annecy leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Florianopolis.

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 getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyFlorianopolis
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation418 m3 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyFlorianopolis
City population132,117587,486
People per km²1,975870
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.