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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Annecy or Hobart?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Hobart 85: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Hobart 60: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Hobart 56: Annecy leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Hobart 45: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Annecy and Hobart are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Hobart 40: Annecy leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Hobart.

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 beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyHobart
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation418 m54 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyHobart
City population132,117197,451
People per km²1,975116
Museums within 10 km18
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.