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Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copper Mountain 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 Copper Mountain for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Jasper for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Copper Mountain 3, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Copper Mountain 20, Jasper 22: Jasper leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Copper Mountain 4, Jasper 10: Jasper leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Copper Mountain 12, Jasper 14: Jasper leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copper Mountain 90, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Copper Mountain 55, Jasper 8: Copper Mountain leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Copper Mountain 62, Jasper 42: Copper Mountain leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Copper Mountain 48, Jasper 18: Copper Mountain leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Copper Mountain 8, Jasper 12: Jasper leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Copper Mountain 18, Jasper 20: Jasper leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copper Mountain 8, Jasper 7: Copper Mountain leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copper Mountain 28, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copper Mountain and Jasper.

Your match

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

Copper Mountain
Best match
30match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Copper Mountain 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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Copper MountainJasper

Where the figures come from

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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. Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopper MountainJasper
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
Elevation2,955 m1,060 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)132 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

MeasureCopper MountainJasper
City population6504,738
People per km²85
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.