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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Annecy or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Annecy leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Puerto Iguazu 28: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Puerto Iguazu 9: Annecy leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Puerto Iguazu 14: Annecy leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Puerto Iguazu 33: Annecy leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Puerto Iguazu 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Puerto Iguazu 54: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Puerto Iguazu 17: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Puerto Iguazu 7: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Puerto Iguazu 34: Annecy leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Puerto Iguazu.

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.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyPuerto Iguazu
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation418 m162 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyPuerto Iguazu
City population132,11754,903
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km10
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.