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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Santo Domingo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Santo Domingo 36: Annecy leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Santo Domingo 44: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Santo Domingo 40: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Santo Domingo 40: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Santo Domingo 22: Annecy leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Annecy
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Santo Domingo 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.

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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecySanto Domingo
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m14 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecySanto Domingo
City population132,1172,201,941
People per km²1,9751,691
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.