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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Annecy or Tallinn?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Tallinn 55: Annecy leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Tallinn 58: Annecy leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Annecy and Tallinn are level on 60.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Annecy
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyTallinn
Official languageFrenchEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m28 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyTallinn
City population132,117457,572
People per km²1,9752,871
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.