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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Fukuoka?

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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, Fukuoka 50: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Fukuoka 62: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife 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

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyFukuoka
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation418 m8 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyFukuoka
City population132,1171,603,043
People per km²1,9754,715
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.