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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • families
  • 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. Granada 38, Interlaken 30: Granada leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Interlaken 25: Granada leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Interlaken 8: Granada leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Interlaken 15: Granada leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Interlaken 22: Granada leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Interlaken 8: Granada leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Interlaken 15: Granada leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Interlaken 40: Granada leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on families 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.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaInterlaken
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m571 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaInterlaken
City population233,9756,123
People per km²2,6591,424
Museums within 10 km203
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.