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Best time to visit Interlaken
Switzerland · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Interlaken
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- JanJInterlaken in January: avoid
- FebFInterlaken in February: ok
- MarMInterlaken in March: ok
- AprAInterlaken in April: sweet spot
- MayMInterlaken in May: avoid
- JunJInterlaken in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJInterlaken in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAInterlaken in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSInterlaken in September: ok, busy
- OctOInterlaken in October: sweet spot
- NovNInterlaken in November: avoid
- DecDInterlaken in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Interlaken
- Eiger Mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- Jungfrau One of the main summits of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland (4,158m / 13,642 ft)
- Reichenbach Falls Waterfall in Switzerland that is famous for featuring in the fictitious life of Sherlock Holmes
- Schilthorn Mountain
- Jungfrau Park Amusement park in Switzerland
- Finsteraarhorn Highest mountain of the Bernese Alps at the border of Berne and Valais in Switzerland
- First Mountain in Grindelwald, Switzerland
Tours and tickets in Interlaken
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6° | 13d | 76% | 5.8h | avoid | 6C max, 13 rainy days |
| Feb | 9° | 10d | 71% | 7.0h | ok | 9C max, 10 rainy days |
| Mar | 12° | 13d | 71% | 8.1h | ok | 12C max, 13 rainy days |
| Apr | 15° | 12d | 70% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 15C max, 12 rainy days |
| May | 18° | 18d | 76% | 10.1h | avoid | monsoon: 18 rainy days, 195mm |
| Jun | 24° | 13d | 73% | 12.0h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 25° | 13d | 72% | 12.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 25° | 12d | 73% | 11.0h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 21° | 13d | 77% | 9.5h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 17° | 11d | 76% | 7.7h | sweet spot | 17C max, 11 rainy days |
| Nov | 11° | 13d | 78% | 5.7h | avoid | 11C max, 13 rainy days |
| Dec | 8° | 14d | 78% | 5.0h | avoid | 8C max, 14 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Interlaken's February days now average 9.2°C, 4.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 3.8° | 5.0° | 8.2° | 11.1° | 15.8° | 19.7° | 23.5° | 22.5° | 20.1° | 15.8° | 8.8° | 5.0° |
| 2017–26 | 6.4° | 9.2° | 11.6° | 15.1° | 18.0° | 23.6° | 24.7° | 24.9° | 20.7° | 17.5° | 10.9° | 8.2° |
| Change | +2.6° | +4.2° | +3.4° | +4.1° | +2.2° | +3.9° | +1.2° | +2.4° | +0.6° | +1.7° | +2.1° | +3.3° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Zurich (ZRH), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Zurich.
| Zurich (ZRH) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Bâle / Mulhouse (BSL) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Interlaken is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Munich
- from Frankfurt
- from Paris
- from Düsseldorf
- from Brussels
- from Prague
- from Rome
- from Amsterdam
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Interlaken, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Swiss franc. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Switzerland: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted almost everywhere, and cash still works. Locals often pay with TWINT, a Swiss payment app; a visitor can simply use a card.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Service is included by law; round up or add up to about 10% in restaurants if you were pleased. Never required.
Getting around Interlaken
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Interlaken is small enough to get around on foot or bike. Taxis are available from either train station and most hotels. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Interlaken, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 117 · ambulance 144 · fire 118.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Switzerland
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Interlaken in pictures
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What Interlaken is like
Interlaken is a small city in the Bernese Highlands region of central Switzerland. Located between two alpine lakes (Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) and Lake Thun (Thunersee)), Interlaken is a popular base camp for outdoor sports and travel in the surrounding Bernese Oberland Alps. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The Höheweg is Interlaken's main street which runs between Interlaken West and Interlaken Ost Railway Stations. On this street you will find many souvenir shops. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Shopping in Interlaken's souvenir shops. St. Beatus Caves, Seestrasse 974, 3800 Sundlauenen, Switzerland. This popular cave system features lit pathways leading through tunnels & chambers, plus a museum. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Trains run every 30 min from Bern, taking just under an hour via Thun and Spiez to Interlaken West and Ost (east). Alternate trains start from Basel. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Interlaken, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Interlaken
Also in Switzerland
- Basel best Apr, May, Jun
- Bern best Apr, Jul, Sep
- Geneva best Apr, Jul, Oct
- Lausanne best Apr, May, Jul
- Lucerne best Apr, May, Jun
- Lugano best Apr, Jul, Aug
- Zermatt best Mar, Apr, Jun
- Zurich best Apr, May, Sep
Nearby
- Lake Maggiore Italy · 103 km
- Chamonix France · 114 km
- Lake Como Italy · 132 km
- Black Forest Germany · 136 km
Kind of place
Interlaken is in Switzerland, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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