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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 Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Jasper or Madrid?

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 Madrid for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Jasper leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 71 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Madrid 60: Jasper leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 81 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Madrid 50: Madrid leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 70 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Madrid 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 Madrid.

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.

Madrid
Best match
66match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperMadrid

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperMadrid
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperMadrid
City population4,7383,506,730
People per km²55,801
Museums within 10 km188
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.