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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • 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. Berlin 38, Interlaken 30: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Interlaken 25: Berlin leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Interlaken 8: Berlin leads by 78 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Interlaken 15: Berlin leads by 83 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Interlaken 72: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Interlaken 80: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Interlaken 22: Berlin leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Interlaken 8: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Interlaken 15: Berlin leads by 75 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Interlaken 40: Berlin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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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BerlinInterlaken

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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinInterlaken
Official languageGermanFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m571 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinInterlaken
City population3,700,5776,123
People per km²4,1531,424
Museums within 10 km1573
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.