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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light, Panama City
Panama CityThe towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Panama City?

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

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Panama City’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, Panama City 44: Annecy leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Panama City 74: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Panama City 50: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Panama City 45: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Panama City 40: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Panama City 22: Annecy leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Panama City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Annecy
50match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Panama City in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
161 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Panama City 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.

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). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyPanama City
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m20 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyPanama City
City population132,1171,540,000
People per km²1,9755,600
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.