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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Hoi An?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Hoi An 28: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Hoi An 63: Annecy leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Hoi An 50: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Hoi An 58: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Hoi An 48: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Hoi An 24: Annecy leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Hoi An.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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.

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). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyHoi An
Official languageFrenchVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation418 m13 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyHoi An
City population132,117121,716
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.