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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Austin and Interlaken are level on 30.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Interlaken 25: Austin leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Interlaken 8: Austin leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Interlaken 15: Austin leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Interlaken 22: Austin leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Interlaken 8: Austin leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Interlaken 15: Austin leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and Interlaken are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinInterlaken
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m571 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinInterlaken
City population961,8556,123
People per km²1,2171,424
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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.