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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Annecy or Hamburg?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Hamburg 55: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Hamburg 52: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Annecy and Hamburg are level on 70.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Hamburg 38: Hamburg leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Hamburg 44: Annecy leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Hamburg.

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.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyHamburg
Official languageFrenchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m6 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyHamburg
City population132,1171,869,473
People per km²1,9752,476
Museums within 10 km177
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. 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.