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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Marrakech?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Interlaken leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Marrakech 70: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Marrakech 28: Interlaken leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Marrakech 25: Interlaken leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Marrakech 38: Interlaken leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Marrakech 25: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Interlaken
41match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

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
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
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.

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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenMarrakech
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation571 m465 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenMarrakech
City population6,1231,002,697
People per km²1,4244,360
Museums within 10 km314
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.