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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Jasper?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Jasper 22: Annecy leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Jasper 10: Annecy leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Jasper 14: Annecy leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Jasper 8: Annecy leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Jasper 42: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Jasper 18: Annecy leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Jasper 12: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Jasper 20: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Jasper 7: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Jasper 46: Annecy leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Jasper.

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.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyJasper
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m1,060 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyJasper
City population132,1174,738
People per km²1,9755
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.