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The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Annecy or Zadar?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Annecy 50, Zadar 45: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Annecy 38, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Annecy 25, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Annecy 92, Zadar 82: Annecy leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Annecy and Zadar are level on 70.
Good for families. Annecy 60, Zadar 55: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Annecy 62, Zadar 58: Annecy leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Annecy 35, Zadar 27: Annecy leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Annecy 35, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Annecy 33, Zadar 28: Annecy leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Annecy 48, Zadar 35: Annecy leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Annecy and Zadar.

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 wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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.

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnnecyZadar
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation418 m5 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnnecyZadar
City population132,11770,779
People per km²1,975-
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.