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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Gold Coast?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Gold Coast 47: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Gold Coast 15: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Gold Coast 82: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Gold Coast 52: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Gold Coast 45: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Gold Coast 40: Gold Coast leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy and Gold Coast are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Gold Coast 30: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Gold Coast 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Gold Coast.

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 culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °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.

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

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). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyGold Coast
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation418 m12 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyGold Coast
City population132,117607,665
People per km²1,975433
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.