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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Montevideo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Montevideo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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 and Montevideo are level on 55.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Montevideo 34: Annecy leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Montevideo 55: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Montevideo 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Montevideo 54: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Montevideo 38: Annecy leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Montevideo.

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 nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMontevideo
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m41 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMontevideo
City population132,1171,302,954
People per km²1,9751,785
Museums within 10 km136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.