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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

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

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Brisbane 55, Interlaken 30: Brisbane leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Interlaken 25: Brisbane leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Interlaken 8: Brisbane leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Interlaken 15: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Interlaken 72: Brisbane leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Interlaken 22: Brisbane leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Interlaken 8: Brisbane leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Interlaken 15: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and Interlaken are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

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

Interlaken
41match

Wins on day trips 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

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

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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneInterlaken
Official languageEnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m571 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneInterlaken
City population2,706,9666,123
People per km²1711,424
Museums within 10 km163
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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. 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.