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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

El Nido 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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. El Nido 92, Jasper 25: El Nido leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Jasper 22: El Nido leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Jasper 10: Jasper leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Jasper 14: El Nido leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 8 points.
Day trips. El Nido and Jasper are level on 8.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Jasper 42: Jasper leads by 2 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Jasper 18: El Nido leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Jasper 12: Jasper leads by 5 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Jasper 20: El Nido leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido and Jasper are level on 7.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido and Jasper are level on 46.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Jasper.

Your match

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

El Nido
Best match
36match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 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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El NidoJasper

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoJasper
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation35 m1,060 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoJasper
City population51,3674,738
People per km²565
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.