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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Annecy or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Valencia 60: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Annecy and Valencia are level on 70.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Valencia 42: Annecy leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyValencia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m15 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyValencia
City population132,117840,792
People per km²1,9756,242
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.