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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Quebec 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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec 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, Quebec City 18: Annecy leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Quebec City 79: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Quebec City 58: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Quebec City 50: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyQuebec City
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m98 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyQuebec City
City population132,117574,482
People per km²1,9751,184
Museums within 10 km116
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.