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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Ushuaia?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Ushuaia 18: Ushuaia leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Ushuaia 88: Interlaken leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Ushuaia 14: Interlaken leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Ushuaia 40: Interlaken leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Ushuaia 45: Interlaken leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken and Ushuaia are level on 22.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Ushuaia 10: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Ushuaia 26: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Ushuaia.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices 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
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenUshuaia
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation571 m23 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenUshuaia
City population6,12382,615
People per km²1,4243,592
Museums within 10 km35
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.