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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Nairobi?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Interlaken leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Nairobi 84: Interlaken leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Nairobi 28: Interlaken leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Nairobi 55: Interlaken leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Nairobi 20: Interlaken leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Nairobi 25: Interlaken leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Nairobi.

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 getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenNairobi

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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenNairobi
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish, Swahili
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation571 m1,661 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenNairobi
City population6,1235,545,000
People per km²1,4247,967
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.