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Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copper Mountain 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 Copper Mountain for

  • prices

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • 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. Copper Mountain 3, Interlaken 30: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Copper Mountain 20, Interlaken 25: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Copper Mountain 4, Interlaken 8: Interlaken leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Copper Mountain 12, Interlaken 15: Interlaken leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copper Mountain 90, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Copper Mountain 55, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Copper Mountain 62, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Copper Mountain 48, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Copper Mountain 8, Interlaken 22: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Copper Mountain 18, Interlaken 8: Copper Mountain leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copper Mountain 8, Interlaken 15: Interlaken leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copper Mountain 28, Interlaken 40: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copper Mountain and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Interlaken
Best match
41match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copper Mountain in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Copper MountainInterlaken

Where the figures come from

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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.

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. Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopper MountainInterlaken
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,955 m571 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopper MountainInterlaken
City population6506,123
People per km²81,424
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.