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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Annecy or Ushuaia?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Annecy leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Ushuaia 40: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Ushuaia 22: Annecy leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Ushuaia 18: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Ushuaia 88: Annecy leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Ushuaia 14: Annecy leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Ushuaia 40: Annecy leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Ushuaia 45: Annecy leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Ushuaia 22: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Ushuaia 10: Annecy leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Ushuaia 26: Annecy leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on 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
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyUshuaia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation418 m23 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyUshuaia
City population132,11782,615
People per km²1,9753,592
Museums within 10 km15
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.