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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Philadelphia leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Philadelphia 52: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Philadelphia 68: Interlaken leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Philadelphia 66: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Philadelphia 40: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Philadelphia 26: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Philadelphia.

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.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenPhiladelphia
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 m12 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenPhiladelphia
City population6,1231,603,797
People per km²1,4244,339
Museums within 10 km354
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.