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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • 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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Interlaken 30: Fort Lauderdale leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Interlaken 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Interlaken 8: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Interlaken 15: Fort Lauderdale leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Interlaken 22: Fort Lauderdale leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Interlaken 8: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Interlaken 15: Fort Lauderdale leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale and Interlaken are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around 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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 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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Fort LauderdaleInterlaken

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. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleInterlaken
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m571 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleInterlaken
City population182,7606,123
People per km²1,8291,424
Museums within 10 km63
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.