VacationSelector
The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Annecy or Ljubljana?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Annecy leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Ljubljana 80: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Ljubljana 54: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Ljubljana 33: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Ljubljana 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

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

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200JFMAMJJASOND
AnnecyLjubljana

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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyLjubljana
Official languageFrenchSlovene
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 m309 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyLjubljana
City population132,117284,293
People per km²1,9751,736
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Annecy or Ljubljana somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. 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.