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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

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

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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. Dublin 27, Interlaken 30: Interlaken leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Interlaken 25: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Interlaken 8: Dublin leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Interlaken 15: Dublin leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Interlaken 22: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Interlaken 8: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Interlaken 15: Dublin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Interlaken 40: Interlaken leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinInterlaken
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m571 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinInterlaken
City population592,7136,123
People per km²5,1541,424
Museums within 10 km403
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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.