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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Annecy or Reykjavik?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Annecy leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Reykjavik 42: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Reykjavik 25: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy and Reykjavik are level on 92.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Reykjavik 35: Annecy leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Reykjavik 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Reykjavik 55: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Reykjavik 25: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Reykjavik 6: Annecy leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Reykjavik.

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.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyReykjavik
Official languageFrenchIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m8 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyReykjavik
City population132,117138,772
People per km²1,975569
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.