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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Annecy or Valletta?

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 Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Valletta 56: Annecy leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Valletta 58: Annecy leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Annecy and Valletta are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Valletta 32: Annecy leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyValletta
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m56 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyValletta
City population132,1175,197
People per km²1,9756,496
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.