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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 Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jasper or Oslo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Oslo 82: Jasper leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Oslo 14: Jasper leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Oslo.

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 prices with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperOslo
Official languageFrench, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation1,060 m23 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperOslo
City population4,738717,710
People per km²5-
Museums within 10 km160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.