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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Paphos?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Paphos for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Paphos 70: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Paphos 64: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Paphos 68: Interlaken leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Paphos 40: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Paphos 25: Paphos leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Paphos 22: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Paphos.

Your match

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

Interlaken
41match

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

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °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.

Paphos 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). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenPaphos
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m72 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenPaphos
City population6,12335,961
People per km²1,4241,987
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.