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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona Beach’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. Daytona Beach 80, Jasper 25: Daytona Beach leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Jasper 22: Daytona Beach leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Jasper 10: Daytona Beach leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Jasper 14: Daytona Beach leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Jasper 8: Daytona Beach leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Jasper 42: Daytona Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach and Jasper are level on 18.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Jasper 12: Daytona Beach leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Jasper 20: Daytona Beach leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Jasper 7: Daytona Beach leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 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: Daytona Beach and Jasper.

Your match

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

Daytona Beach
Best match
43match

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.

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Jasper in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachJasper

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachJasper
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m1,060 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachJasper
City population72,6474,738
People per km²4405
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.