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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Santa Marta?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Santa Marta 44: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Santa Marta 34: Annecy leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Santa Marta 84: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Santa Marta 38: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Santa Marta 40: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Santa Marta 38: Annecy leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Santa Marta 27: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Santa Marta 17: Annecy leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Santa Marta 30: Annecy leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Santa Marta.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices 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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecySanta Marta
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation418 m8 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecySanta Marta
City population132,117505,915
People per km²1,9751,723
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.