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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Interlaken or Valletta?

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
  • families

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Valletta 56: Interlaken leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Valletta 76: Interlaken leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Valletta 58: Interlaken leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Valletta 62: Interlaken leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Valletta 32: Interlaken leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenValletta
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish, Maltese
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m56 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenValletta
City population6,1235,197
People per km²1,4246,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.