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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Santo Domingo?

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 Santo Domingo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Santo Domingo 36: Interlaken leads by 61 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Santo Domingo 44: Interlaken leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Santo Domingo 40: Interlaken leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Santo Domingo 40: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Santo Domingo 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 Santo Domingo.

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.

Santo Domingo
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 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.

Santo Domingo 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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenSanto Domingo
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m14 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenSanto Domingo
City population6,1232,201,941
People per km²1,4241,691
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.