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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Hurghada?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Hurghada 34: Annecy leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Hurghada 14: Annecy leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Hurghada 72: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Hurghada 30: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Hurghada 22: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Hurghada 24: Annecy leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Hurghada 10: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Hurghada 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 Hurghada.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyHurghada
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation418 m11 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyHurghada
City population132,117214,247
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.