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The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Interlaken or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Interlaken leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Interlaken 25, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Interlaken leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Interlaken 8, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Interlaken leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Interlaken and Winter Park, Colorado are level on 15.
Nature & outdoors. Interlaken 97, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Interlaken leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Interlaken 78, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Interlaken 72, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Interlaken leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Interlaken 80, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Interlaken leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Interlaken 22, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Interlaken leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Interlaken 8, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Interlaken 15, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Interlaken leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Interlaken 40, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Interlaken and Winter Park, Colorado.

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.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on prices and wellness 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
15 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InterlakenWinter Park, Colorado

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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInterlakenWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation571 m2,759 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInterlakenWinter Park, Colorado
City population6,1231,033
People per km²1,42424
Museums within 10 km30
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.