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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Annecy or Kotor?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Kotor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Kotor 37: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Kotor 55: Kotor leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Kotor 30: Kotor leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Kotor 80: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Kotor 72: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Kotor 36: Annecy leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Kotor 48: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Kotor 20: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Kotor 20: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Kotor 24: Annecy leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Kotor.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Kotor
45match

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

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Kotor 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.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

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). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyKotor
Official languageFrenchMontenegrin
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m10 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyKotor
City population132,117562
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.