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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Luxor?

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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Interlaken leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Luxor 30: Luxor leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 87 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Luxor 10: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Luxor 32: Interlaken leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Luxor 62: Interlaken leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Luxor 30: Interlaken leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Luxor 35: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Luxor 25: Luxor leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 82 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Luxor 10: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Luxor 28: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Luxor.

Your match

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

Interlaken
Best match
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenLuxor
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation571 m89 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenLuxor
City population6,123202,232
People per km²1,424486
Museums within 10 km34
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. 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.