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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Annecy or Madrid?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Madrid for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Annecy leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Madrid 60: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Madrid 50: Madrid leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Madrid 36: Annecy leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Madrid.

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.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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.

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). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMadrid
Official languageFrenchSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMadrid
City population132,1173,506,730
People per km²1,9755,801
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.