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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Annecy or Mostar?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Annecy leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Mostar 40: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Annecy and Mostar are level on 25.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Mostar 64: Annecy leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Mostar 60: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Mostar 34: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Mostar 44: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Mostar 32: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Mostar 16: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Mostar 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 Mostar.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyMostar
Official languageFrenchCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m60 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyMostar
City population132,117105,448
People per km²1,97590
Museums within 10 km13
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.