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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Interlaken or The Hague?

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

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

Choose The Hague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, The Hague 52: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Interlaken and The Hague are level on 72.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, The Hague 78: Interlaken leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenThe Hague
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshDutch
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m1 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenThe Hague
City population6,123548,320
People per km²1,4245,589
Museums within 10 km354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.