Best time to visit Annecy

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All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Annecy

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Go in Apr–Aug — these months score within a whisker of each other; 27C max, 8 rainy days. Oct is the next best.

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Things to do in Annecy

Annecy Castle On a hill overlooking the city and the surroundings.
La Tournette Mountain in France
Semnoz Mountain in France
Saint Peter's Cathedral Erected at the beginning of the 16th century by Jacques Rossel as a chapel for a…
Saint-Maurice Church Built in flamboyant Gothic style in the 15th century.
Mont Veyrier Mountain in France
Dents de Lanfon Mountain in France

Tours and tickets in Annecy

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Annecy), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	6°	12d	83%	5.7h	avoid	6C max, 12 rainy days
Feb	10°	10d	79%	7.0h	ok	10C max, 10 rainy days
Mar	12°	11d	77%	8.5h	ok	12C max, 11 rainy days
Apr	16°	8d	73%	10.3h	sweet spot	16C max, 8 rainy days
May	19°	13d	77%	10.9h	sweet spot	19C max, 13 rainy days
Jun	25°	10d	74%	12.7h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	27°	8d	70%	13.2h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	27°	6d	72%	11.8h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Sep	22°	9d	79%	10.0h	okbusy	busier than usual
Oct	17°	10d	84%	7.9h	good	17C max, 10 rainy days
Nov	10°	12d	87%	5.9h	avoid	10C max, 12 rainy days
Dec	7°	13d	86%	5.0h	avoid	7C max, 13 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the old town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to September; quietest from October to April.

Then and now

Annecy's June days now average 24.6°C, 4.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	3.9°	5.7°	8.6°	12.4°	17.2°	20.4°	23.9°	22.9°	20.2°	15.8°	9.2°	5.2°
2017–26	6.5°	9.8°	12.3°	15.9°	18.8°	24.6°	26.7°	26.7°	21.6°	17.2°	10.5°	7.4°
Change	+2.5°	+4.1°	+3.7°	+3.5°	+1.6°	+4.2°	+2.7°	+3.9°	+1.4°	+1.4°	+1.3°	+2.2°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Geneva (GVA), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Geneva.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Annecy is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 230 / 400 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for France: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Visa, Mastercard and French CB cards work in almost all shops, restaurants and hotels, and contactless is widespread. Some places post a minimum spend for cards.
UPI, for visitors from India — Only at a few places, through Lyra: Eiffel Tower tickets bought online and the Galeries Lafayette store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris. Bring a card for everything else.
Tipping — Not expected, as service is included by law; locals leave small change or a few euros for good service. Taxi tips are optional.

Getting around Annecy

Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, G7, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Annecy in pictures

Lake Annecy (2) — i

Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Statue of Berthollet in Annecy 02 — i

Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Basilique de la Visitation 208 — i

Another one of my pictures: This photograph was taken by Me…, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Annecy is like

Annecy, in the north of the French Alps, is called "the Venice of Savoie" — a well-deserved title. The medieval town centre built around a 14th-century chateau is dissected by small canals and streams running out of Lac Annecy, which is clean, fresh and a wonderful azure colour. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Palais de l'Isle. A former palace turned prison. As the name says, it sits on an island between the canals. €5.50. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Swim, row or sail on the lake. The city provides free public beaches for swimming in addition to some pay beaches. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Geneva is the nearest major international airport and is well served from across Europe and beyond. On the motorway, it is just over 35 min away. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Annecy, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Annecy is in France, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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