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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Izmir?

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 Interlaken for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Izmir for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. Interlaken 30, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Izmir 66: Interlaken leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Izmir 55: Interlaken leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Izmir 63: Interlaken leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Izmir.

Your match

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

Interlaken
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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. Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenIzmir
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshTurkish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m2 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenIzmir
City population6,1234,493,242
People per km²1,4244,760
Museums within 10 km329
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.