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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 Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jasper or Krakow?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Krakow for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Jasper leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Krakow 62: Jasper leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Krakow 36: Jasper leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Krakow.

Your match

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

Jasper
27match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperKrakow
Official languageFrench, EnglishPolish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m219 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperKrakow
City population4,738804,237
People per km²52,459
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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. 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.