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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Interlaken or Miami?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Miami 72: Miami leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Miami 57: Miami leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Miami 82: Miami leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Miami 64: Interlaken leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Miami 42: Interlaken leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Miami 64: Interlaken leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Miami 35: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Miami 71: Miami leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Miami 27: Miami leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Miami 55: Miami leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Miami 44: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Miami.

Your match

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

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenMiami
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m2 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenMiami
City population6,123442,241
People per km²1,4243,046
Museums within 10 km317
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.