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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Vilnius?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Annecy leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Annecy and Vilnius are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Vilnius 52: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Vilnius 60: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Vilnius 44: Annecy leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Vilnius 34: Annecy leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Annecy
50match

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

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices 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
15 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyVilnius
Official languageFrenchLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m98 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyVilnius
City population132,117619,405
People per km²1,9751,545
Museums within 10 km131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

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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.