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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
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Jasper or Lisbon?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Lisbon 75: Jasper leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 74 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Lisbon 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 Lisbon.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperLisbon
Official languageFrench, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m100 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperLisbon
City population4,738545,796
People per km²55,453
Museums within 10 km180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.