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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Nairobi?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Annecy leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Nairobi 48: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Nairobi 35: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Nairobi 84: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Nairobi 28: Annecy leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Nairobi 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Nairobi 20: Annecy leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Nairobi 25: Annecy leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Nairobi.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyNairobi
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation418 m1,661 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyNairobi
City population132,1175,545,000
People per km²1,9757,967
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.