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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Mostar?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Mostar 40: Mostar leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Mostar 25: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Mostar 64: Interlaken leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Mostar 60: Interlaken leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Mostar 34: Interlaken leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Mostar 44: Interlaken leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Mostar 32: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Mostar 16: Mostar leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Mostar 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 Mostar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Interlaken
41match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenMostar
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m60 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenMostar
City population6,123105,448
People per km²1,42490
Museums within 10 km33
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.