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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Santiago?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Santiago for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Annecy leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Santiago 83: Annecy leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Annecy and Santiago are level on 70.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Santiago 57: Annecy leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Santiago 37: Annecy leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Santiago.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 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). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecySantiago
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation418 m575 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecySantiago
City population132,1176,257,516
People per km²1,9757,468
Museums within 10 km154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.