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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Marmaris?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Marmaris 40: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Marmaris 18: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Marmaris 72: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Marmaris 65: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Marmaris 55: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Marmaris 12: Annecy leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Annecy
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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.

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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMarmaris
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m7 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMarmaris
City population132,11797,818
People per km²1,975111
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.