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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Toronto?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Toronto 52: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Toronto 50: Interlaken leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Toronto 65: Interlaken leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Toronto 33: Interlaken leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Toronto.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenToronto
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshFrench, English
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m76 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenToronto
City population6,1232,794,356
People per km²1,4244,434
Museums within 10 km332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.