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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Petronas Twin Towers from KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala LumpurThe Petronas Twin Towers from KLCC Park

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kuala Lumpur by Brownc, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Kuala Lumpur?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Kuala Lumpur for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kuala Lumpur’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, Kuala Lumpur 12: Annecy leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Kuala Lumpur 82: Kuala Lumpur leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Kuala Lumpur 57: Kuala Lumpur leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Kuala Lumpur 54: Kuala Lumpur leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Kuala Lumpur 47: Annecy leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Kuala Lumpur 52: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Kuala Lumpur 64: Kuala Lumpur leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Kuala Lumpur 57: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Kuala Lumpur 66: Kuala Lumpur leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Kuala Lumpur 75: Kuala Lumpur leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Kuala Lumpur 42: Kuala Lumpur leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur.

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.

Kuala Lumpur
Best match
54match

Wins on prices 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

Kuala Lumpur in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
139 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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.

Kuala Lumpur's temperatures are measured 46 km from the centre, at Sepang/KL International Airport.

Kuala Lumpur 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). Kuala Lumpur: 1991-2020 normals, Sepang/KL International Airport (46.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyKuala Lumpur
Official languageFrenchMalay
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation418 m50 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsKuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)45 km from centre146 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyKuala Lumpur
City population132,1179,000,280
People per km²1,97536,932
Museums within 10 km125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.