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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
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jasper or Oaxaca?

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
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Jasper leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 62 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Oaxaca 62: Jasper leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Oaxaca 40: Jasper leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Oaxaca.

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.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperOaxaca
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,060 m1,555 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperOaxaca
City population4,738258,913
People per km²53,028
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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.