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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Telluride?

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

  • day trips
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Telluride for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Interlaken leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Telluride 38: Telluride leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Telluride 20: Telluride leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Telluride 20: Telluride leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Telluride 93: Interlaken leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Telluride 30: Interlaken leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Telluride 45: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Telluride 66: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Telluride 25: Telluride leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Telluride 7: Interlaken leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Telluride 35: Telluride leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Telluride.

Your match

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

Interlaken
Best match
41match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenTelluride
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 m2,667 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenTelluride
City population6,1232,607
People per km²1,4241,372
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. 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.