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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
La Paz

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or La Paz?

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

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Annecy leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Annecy and La Paz are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, La Paz 82: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, La Paz 40: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, La Paz 10: Annecy leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, La Paz 45: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, La Paz 12: Annecy leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and La Paz.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

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
15 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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.

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyLa Paz
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m3,640 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyLa Paz
City population132,117755,732
People per km²1,9751,601
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.