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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Paphos?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Paphos for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Paphos 45: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Paphos 70: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Paphos 64: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Paphos 40: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Paphos 25: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Paphos 22: Annecy leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Paphos 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Paphos.

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 nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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.

Paphos 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). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyPaphos
Official languageFrenchTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m72 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyPaphos
City population132,11735,961
People per km²1,9751,987
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.