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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

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

Interlaken or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Manaus 86: Interlaken leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Manaus 12: Interlaken leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Manaus 35: Interlaken leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Manaus 27: Interlaken leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Manaus 20: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Manaus.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Interlaken
41match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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
15 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenManaus
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshPortuguese
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation571 m92 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenManaus
City population6,1232,303,732
People per km²1,424202
Museums within 10 km313
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.