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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Annecy or Valparaiso?

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 Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Annecy leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Annecy and Valparaiso are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Valparaiso 60: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Valparaiso 63: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Valparaiso 33: Annecy leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Valparaiso 44: Annecy leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Valparaiso 30: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Valparaiso 18: Annecy leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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.

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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyValparaiso
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation418 m21 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyValparaiso
City population132,117296,655
People per km²1,9756,180
Museums within 10 km117
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.