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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Annecy or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Philadelphia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Annecy leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Philadelphia 52: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Philadelphia 40: Philadelphia leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Philadelphia 26: Annecy leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyPhiladelphia
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m12 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyPhiladelphia
City population132,1171,603,797
People per km²1,9754,339
Museums within 10 km154
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.