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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Annecy or Vancouver?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Annecy leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Vancouver 45: Annecy leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Vancouver 27: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyVancouver
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m2 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyVancouver
City population132,117662,248
People per km²1,9755,759
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.