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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Prague?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Prague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Prague 50: Prague leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Prague 83: Prague leads by 75 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Prague 65: Prague leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Prague 58: Interlaken leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Prague 77: Interlaken leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Prague 50: Interlaken leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Prague 83: Prague leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Prague 50: Prague leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Prague 62: Prague leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Prague 76: Prague leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Prague.

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 families with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenPrague

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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenPrague
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshCzech
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m235 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenPrague
City population6,1231,397,880
People per km²1,4242,817
Museums within 10 km388
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.