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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge for

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

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

Choose Jasper for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Breckenridge 4, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Jasper 22: Breckenridge leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Jasper 10: Breckenridge leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Jasper 14: Breckenridge leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Jasper 8: Breckenridge leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge 60, Jasper 42: Breckenridge leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Jasper 18: Breckenridge leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Jasper 12: Breckenridge leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Jasper 20: Jasper leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Jasper 7: Breckenridge leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 30, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Breckenridge and Jasper.

Your match

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

Breckenridge
Best match
37match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on beaches 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.

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 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

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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. Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgeJasper
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
Elevation2,926 m1,060 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgeJasper
City population5,0784,738
People per km²3325
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.