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The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara 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 Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Guadalajara 5, Interlaken 30: Interlaken leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Interlaken 25: Guadalajara leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Interlaken 8: Guadalajara leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Interlaken 15: Guadalajara leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Interlaken 22: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Interlaken 8: Guadalajara leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Interlaken 15: Guadalajara leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Interlaken 40: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
13 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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Where the figures come from

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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. Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraInterlaken
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m571 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraInterlaken
City population1,385,6216,123
People per km²9,5561,424
Museums within 10 km173
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.