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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Skopje?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Annecy leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Skopje 52: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Skopje 42: Skopje leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Skopje 70: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Skopje 56: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Skopje 35: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Skopje 45: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Skopje 40: Skopje leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Skopje 38: Skopje leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Skopje 27: Annecy leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Skopje.

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 families with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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.

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

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). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecySkopje
Official languageFrenchAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Denar (MKD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m251 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecySkopje
City population132,117422,540
People per km²1,975739
Museums within 10 km117
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.