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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Tel Aviv?

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 Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Tel Aviv 52: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Tel Aviv 68: Interlaken leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Tel Aviv 64: Interlaken leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Tel Aviv 14: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Tel Aviv 35: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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.

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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenTel Aviv
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshHebrew
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation571 m5 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenTel Aviv
City population6,123467,875
People per km²1,4248,998
Museums within 10 km398
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.