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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

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

Annecy or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Manaus 86: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Manaus 12: Annecy leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Manaus 35: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Manaus 27: Annecy leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Manaus 20: Annecy leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Manaus.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

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

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyManaus
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation418 m92 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyManaus
City population132,1172,303,732
People per km²1,975202
Museums within 10 km113
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.