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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland or Interlaken?

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 Auckland for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Interlaken’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. Auckland 68, Interlaken 30: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Interlaken 25: Auckland leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Interlaken 8: Auckland leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Interlaken 15: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Interlaken 22: Auckland leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Interlaken 8: Auckland leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Interlaken 15: Auckland leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Interlaken 40: Auckland leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Interlaken 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. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandInterlaken
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m571 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandInterlaken
City population1,470,1006,123
People per km²2,6301,424
Museums within 10 km153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.