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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Sao Paulo?

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 Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Sao Paulo 48: Annecy leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Sao Paulo 47: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Sao Paulo 52: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Sao Paulo 44: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Sao Paulo 25: Annecy leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

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

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecySao Paulo
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation418 m760 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecySao Paulo
City population132,11711,451,999
People per km²1,9757,519
Museums within 10 km190
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. 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.