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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Vilnius?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Vilnius for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Interlaken leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken 15, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Vilnius 52: Interlaken leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Vilnius 60: Interlaken leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Vilnius 44: Interlaken leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Vilnius 68: Interlaken leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Vilnius 34: Interlaken leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Vilnius.

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 families with your weighting.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenVilnius
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshLithuanian
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation571 m98 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenVilnius
City population6,123619,405
People per km²1,4241,545
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.