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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Ocean City, Maryland?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Interlaken leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Interlaken leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Interlaken leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Interlaken leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Interlaken
41match

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

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenOcean City, Maryland

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.

Ocean City, Maryland 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). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenOcean City, Maryland
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 destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenOcean City, Maryland
City population6,1236,844
People per km²1,42473
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.