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A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Jasper or Kotor?

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 Jasper for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Kotor for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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. Jasper 25, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Kotor 37: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Kotor 55: Kotor leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Kotor 30: Kotor leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Kotor 80: Jasper leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Kotor 72: Kotor leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Kotor 36: Jasper leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Kotor 48: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Kotor 20: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Kotor 20: Kotor leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Kotor 24: Jasper leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Kotor.

Your match

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

Jasper
27match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Kotor
Best match
45match

Wins on day trips 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.

Jasper in July

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

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kotor 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.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperKotor
Official languageFrench, EnglishMontenegrin
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m10 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureJasperKotor
City population4,738562
People per km²5-
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.