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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak, Snowbird
SnowbirdThe red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Snowbird by VeggieGarden, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Snowbird?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Snowbird for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Snowbird’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, Snowbird 5: Interlaken leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Snowbird 20: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Snowbird 5: Interlaken leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Snowbird 9: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Snowbird 92: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Snowbird 47: Interlaken leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Snowbird 42: Interlaken leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Snowbird 40: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Snowbird 8: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Snowbird 15: Snowbird leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Snowbird 8: Interlaken leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken and Snowbird are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Snowbird.

Your match

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

Interlaken
Best match
41match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Snowbird
28match

Wins on 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
15 hdaylight a day

Snowbird in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
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.

Snowbird has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Snowbird: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenSnowbird
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m2,479 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)36 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenSnowbird
City population6,123-
People per km²1,424-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.