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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

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

Annecy or Maastricht?

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 Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Annecy leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Maastricht 58: Annecy leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Maastricht 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Maastricht 38: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Annecy
50match

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on shopping 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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.

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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMaastricht
Official languageFrenchDutch
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 m49 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMaastricht
City population132,117120,227
People per km²1,9752,000
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25

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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. 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.