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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
La Paz

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Interlaken or La Paz?

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

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, La Paz 82: Interlaken leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, La Paz 40: Interlaken leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, La Paz 10: Interlaken leads by 62 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, La Paz 45: Interlaken leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 84 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, La Paz 12: Interlaken leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and La Paz.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Interlaken
41match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
11 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.

La Paz 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.

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). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenLa Paz
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m3,640 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenLa Paz
City population6,123755,732
People per km²1,4241,601
Museums within 10 km321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.