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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Annecy or Jerusalem?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Jerusalem 60: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Jerusalem 52: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Jerusalem 55: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Jerusalem 20: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Jerusalem 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Jerusalem.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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.

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyJerusalem
Official languageFrenchHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation418 m754 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyJerusalem
City population132,1171,050,151
People per km²1,9758,374
Museums within 10 km169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.