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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Marrakech?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Annecy leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Marrakech 70: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Marrakech 28: Annecy leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Marrakech 25: Annecy leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Marrakech 38: Annecy leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Marrakech 25: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Marrakech.

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 beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
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.

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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMarrakech
Official languageFrenchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation418 m465 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMarrakech
City population132,1171,002,697
People per km²1,9754,360
Museums within 10 km114
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. 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.