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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Honolulu 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 Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Honolulu 91, Interlaken 30: Honolulu leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Interlaken 25: Honolulu leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Interlaken 8: Honolulu leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Interlaken 15: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Interlaken 72: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Interlaken 22: Honolulu leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Interlaken 8: Honolulu leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Interlaken 15: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Interlaken 40: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on day trips 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.

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
13 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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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. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluInterlaken
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m571 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluInterlaken
City population350,9646,123
People per km²1,9811,424
Museums within 10 km123
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.