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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Jasper for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Beaver Creek 6, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Jasper 22: Beaver Creek leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Jasper 10: Jasper leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Jasper 14: Jasper leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Jasper 8: Beaver Creek leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, Jasper 42: Beaver Creek leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Jasper 18: Beaver Creek leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Jasper 12: Beaver Creek leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Jasper 20: Jasper leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Jasper 7: Beaver Creek leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Jasper 46: Beaver Creek leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Jasper.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
Best match
35match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on beaches 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.

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekJasper
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,264 m1,060 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekJasper
City population-4,738
People per km²-5
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.