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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Mumbai?

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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 57 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Mumbai 55: Interlaken leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Mumbai 48: Interlaken leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Mumbai 35: Interlaken leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Mumbai 38: Interlaken leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Mumbai 24: Interlaken leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Interlaken
41match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenMumbai
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshHindi, English
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation571 m14 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenMumbai
City population6,12315,414,288
People per km²1,42425,563
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.