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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

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

Annecy or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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 and Thessaloniki are level on 55.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Thessaloniki 66: Annecy leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Thessaloniki 50: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Thessaloniki 60: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Thessaloniki 33: Annecy leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Thessaloniki.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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.

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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyThessaloniki
Official languageFrenchGreek
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 m6 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyThessaloniki
City population132,117309,617
People per km²1,97516,042
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.