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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
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jasper or Montreal?

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

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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 and Montreal are level on 25.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Montreal 66: Jasper leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 69 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Montreal.

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 with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperMontreal
Official languageFrench, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,060 m31 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperMontreal
City population4,7381,895,211
People per km²53,806
Museums within 10 km137
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.