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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Annecy or Goreme?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Goreme for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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, Goreme 3: Annecy leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Goreme 20: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Goreme 45: Goreme leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Goreme 5: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Goreme 74: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Annecy and Goreme are level on 70.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Goreme 40: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Goreme 40: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Goreme 22: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Goreme 58: Goreme leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Goreme 10: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Goreme 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 Goreme.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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.

Goreme's station stands 160 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). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyGoreme
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m1,100 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyGoreme
City population132,1172,000
People per km²1,97520
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. 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.