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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima 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 Hiroshima for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • 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. Hiroshima and Interlaken are level on 30.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Interlaken 25: Hiroshima leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Interlaken 8: Hiroshima leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Interlaken 15: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Interlaken 78: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Interlaken 22: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Interlaken 8: Hiroshima leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Interlaken 15: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Interlaken 40: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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.

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaInterlaken
Official languageJapaneseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyYen (JPY)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m571 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaInterlaken
City population1,198,0216,123
People per km²1,3241,424
Museums within 10 km183
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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. 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.