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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Annecy or Havana?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’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, Havana 64: Havana leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Havana 40: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Havana 77: Havana leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Havana 60: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Havana 34: Annecy leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Havana 38: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Havana 34: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Havana 38: Annecy leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Havana 30: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Havana 58: Havana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Havana 74: Havana leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Havana 22: Annecy leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Havana.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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.

Havana 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.

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). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyHavana
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation418 m59 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyHavana
City population132,1172,492,618
People per km²1,9753,423
Museums within 10 km112
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. 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.