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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Jasper?

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 Alicante for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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. Alicante 82, Jasper 25: Alicante leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Jasper 22: Alicante leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Jasper 10: Alicante leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Jasper 14: Alicante leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Jasper 8: Alicante leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Jasper 42: Alicante leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Jasper 18: Alicante leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Jasper 12: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Jasper 20: Alicante leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Jasper 7: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Jasper.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteJasper

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteJasper
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m1,060 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteJasper
City population366,2214,738
People per km²1,8195
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.