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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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. Copenhagen 40, Interlaken 30: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Interlaken 25: Copenhagen leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Interlaken 8: Copenhagen leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Interlaken 15: Copenhagen leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Interlaken 72: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Interlaken 80: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Interlaken 22: Copenhagen leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Interlaken 8: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Interlaken 15: Copenhagen leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Interlaken 40: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 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

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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenInterlaken
Official languageDanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m571 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenInterlaken
City population667,0996,123
People per km²7,3391,424
Museums within 10 km723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.