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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Annecy or Washington DC?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Annecy leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Washington DC 64: Annecy leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Washington DC 28: Annecy leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Washington DC 26: Annecy leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Annecy
50match

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

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyWashington DC
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation418 m72 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyWashington DC
City population132,117689,545
People per km²1,9753,896
Museums within 10 km198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.