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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Annecy or Windhoek?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Annecy leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Windhoek 36: Annecy leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Windhoek 30: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Annecy and Windhoek are level on 25.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Windhoek 52: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Annecy 70, Windhoek 14: Annecy leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Windhoek 30: Annecy leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Windhoek 22: Annecy leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Windhoek 30: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Windhoek 18: Annecy leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Windhoek 30: Annecy leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyWindhoek
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m1,650 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyWindhoek
City population132,117486,169
People per km²1,97595
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.