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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Annecy or Montego Bay?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Annecy and Montego Bay are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Montego Bay 28: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Montego Bay 65: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Montego Bay 50: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Montego Bay 48: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Montego Bay 20: Annecy leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Montego Bay 25: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Montego Bay 32: Annecy leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Montego Bay 45: Annecy leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMontego Bay
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation418 m19 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMontego Bay
City population132,117123,994
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.