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How much does a trip to Interlaken cost?

What a trip to Interlaken costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Interlaken come to CHF 100–120 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

Full Interlaken guide

Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

CHF 1,400–1,700

≈ $1,700 – $2,100 · rate of October 16, 2026

CHF 100–120 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
CHF 1,400–1,700
Most trips land in here
Set aside
CHF 1,700
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
CHF 160
10% of the trip
  • FoodCHF 750–1,000
  • Getting aroundCHF 220–340
  • Sights and activitiesCHF 280
  • Nights outCHF 36–100
  • Lodging tax and odds and endsCHF 63–82

Of that, in cash: CHF 18–190

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Interlaken costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

CHF 81–91 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
CHF 49–54
Getting aroundPublic transport
CHF 16–24
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
CHF 10
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
CHF 3.80–4.40

Mid-range

CHF 100–120 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
CHF 53–73
Getting aroundPublic transport
CHF 16–24
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
CHF 20
Nights outNow and then
CHF 2.60–7.30
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
CHF 4.50–5.80

Comfort

CHF 130–150 per person per day

The best food level we can price, public transport, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
CHF 62–77
Getting aroundPublic transport
CHF 16–24
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
CHF 40
Nights outNow and then
CHF 2.60–7.30
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
CHF 5.90–7.00

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Interlaken

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3CHF 240–270
CHF 81–91 a day		CHF 310–370
CHF 100–120 a day		CHF 400–450
CHF 130–150 a day
5CHF 410–450
CHF 81–91 a day		CHF 500–610
CHF 100–120 a day		CHF 660–740
CHF 130–150 a day
7CHF 570–630
CHF 81–91 a day		CHF 720–870
CHF 100–120 a day		CHF 930–1,000
CHF 130–150 a day
10CHF 810–910
CHF 81–91 a day		CHF 1,000–1,200
CHF 100–120 a day		CHF 1,300–1,500
CHF 130–150 a day
14CHF 1,100–1,300
CHF 81–91 a day		CHF 1,400–1,700
CHF 100–120 a day		CHF 1,900–2,100
CHF 130–150 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Interlaken

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Coffee, Grand Café SchuhCHF 4.80From the source Nov 2026
Valser mineral water, 5 dl, Grand Café SchuhCHF 6.90From the source Nov 2026
Bottle of tap water, 1 l, Hüsi BierhausCHF 3.50From the source Nov 2026
Lunch menu with a starter and coffee, Hotel KrebsCHF 21.00From the source Nov 2026
Dish of the day with soup or salad, Grand Café SchuhCHF 23.00From the source Nov 2026
Rösti with two fried eggs, HirschenCHF 19.00From the source Nov 2026
Swiss burger, 200 g, Hüsi BierhausCHF 21.90From the source Nov 2026
Cheese fondue, 220 g, HirschenCHF 23.00From the source Nov 2026
Älplermagronen (pasta with potato, cheese and apple sauce), Hüsi BierhausCHF 23.50From the source Nov 2026
Farmhouse sausage with onion sauce and rösti, HirschenCHF 26.00From the source Nov 2026
Cheese fondue, Grand Café SchuhCHF 28.00From the source Nov 2026
Breaded pork schnitzel with chips, Grand Café SchuhCHF 28.50From the source Nov 2026
Pork sausage with onion sauce and rösti, Grand Café SchuhCHF 29.50From the source Nov 2026
Draught Rugenbräu beer, 3 dl, Grand Café SchuhCHF 4.50From the source Nov 2026
Draught Rugenbräu beer, 5 dl, Grand Café SchuhCHF 8.50From the source Nov 2026
Getting around
Local-zone single ticket (45 minutes)CHF 4.00From the source Nov 2026
Local-zone day ticketCHF 8.00From the source Nov 2026
Lake boat, Interlaken Ost–Brienz, one way, second classCHF 39.00From the source Nov 2026
Sights
St. Beatus Caves, with the museum and audio guideCHF 20.00From the source Nov 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Local and cheap
From Coffee, Grand Café Schuh + Lunch menu with a starter and coffee, Hotel Krebs + Rösti with two fried eggs, Hirschen + Draught Rugenbräu beer, 3 dl, Grand Café Schuh (CHF 49.30) to Coffee, Grand Café Schuh + Dish of the day with soup or salad, Grand Café Schuh + Swiss burger, 200 g, Hüsi Bierhaus + Draught Rugenbräu beer, 3 dl, Grand Café Schuh (CHF 54.20).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Coffee, Grand Café Schuh + Lunch menu with a starter and coffee, Hotel Krebs + Cheese fondue, 220 g, Hirschen + Draught Rugenbräu beer, 3 dl, Grand Café Schuh (CHF 53.30) to Coffee, Grand Café Schuh + Dish of the day with soup or salad, Grand Café Schuh + Pork sausage with onion sauce and rösti, Grand Café Schuh + Draught Rugenbräu beer, 5 dl, Grand Café Schuh + Valser mineral water, 5 dl, Grand Café Schuh (CHF 72.70).
Restaurants most of the time
From Coffee, Grand Café Schuh + Älplermagronen (pasta with potato, cheese and apple sauce), Hüsi Bierhaus + Farmhouse sausage with onion sauce and rösti, Hirschen + Draught Rugenbräu beer, 3 dl, Grand Café Schuh + Bottle of tap water, 1 l, Hüsi Bierhaus (CHF 62.30) to Coffee, Grand Café Schuh + Breaded pork schnitzel with chips, Grand Café Schuh + Cheese fondue, Grand Café Schuh + Draught Rugenbräu beer, 5 dl, Grand Café Schuh + Valser mineral water, 5 dl, Grand Café Schuh (CHF 76.70).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • 1-day pass at CHF 8.00: it pays off from 2 rides a day at CHF 4.00 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

  • April – October

    • CHF 3.50 per person per night, whatever the room costs
    • Under-16s don't pay.

  • November – March

    • CHF 3.20 per person per night, whatever the room costs
    • Under-16s don't pay.

Which area to stay in Interlaken: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in Interlaken, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: CHF 4–9 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: CHF 4–19 less per person per day.
  • “Cheese fondue, 220 g, Hirschen” (CHF 23.00) instead of “Cheese fondue, Grand Café Schuh” (CHF 28.00): CHF 5.00 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (CHF 8.00) on fewer than 2 rides of CHF 4.00 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Questions

Questions about money in Interlaken

How much money do you need for a week in Interlaken?

For seven days, CHF 720–870 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Interlaken?

For 3 days, CHF 310–370 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Interlaken?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: CHF 81–91 on the “Budget” style, CHF 100–120 on the “Mid-range” style, and CHF 130–150 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Interlaken on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: CHF 81–91 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Interlaken?

From CHF 49 per person per day (“Local and cheap”) to CHF 77 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Interlaken?

A ride on public transport costs CHF 4.00. The 1-day pass costs CHF 8.00 and pays off from 2 rides a day at CHF 4.00 each.

Is there a lodging tax in Interlaken?

Yes: CHF 3.20–3.50 per person per night, depending on the price of the room. Under-16s don't pay. It changes with the season: CHF 3.50 (April – October) and CHF 3.20 (November – March).

How much cash should you carry in Interlaken?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about CHF 9–94 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Interlaken?

By card: in general.

Do you tip in Interlaken?

Restaurants: customary.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

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