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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Interlaken or La Romana?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’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 Romana 84: La Romana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, La Romana 38: La Romana leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, La Romana 30: La Romana leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, La Romana 62: Interlaken leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, La Romana 52: Interlaken leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, La Romana 56: Interlaken leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, La Romana 24: Interlaken leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, La Romana 28: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, La Romana 17: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and La Romana.

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 getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenLa Romana

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 Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana 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). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenLa Romana
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m10 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenLa Romana
City population6,123139,238
People per km²1,424512
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.