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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Jerusalem?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 84 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Jerusalem 60: Interlaken leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Jerusalem 52: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Jerusalem 55: Interlaken leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Jerusalem 20: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Jerusalem.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenJerusalem

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.

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenJerusalem
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshHebrew
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation571 m754 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenJerusalem
City population6,1231,050,151
People per km²1,4248,374
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.