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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 lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jasper or Paphos?

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 Paphos for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Paphos 70: Jasper leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Paphos 25: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Paphos 22: Paphos leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Paphos 42: Jasper leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Paphos.

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.

Paphos
Best match
50match

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 seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Paphos has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperPaphos
Official languageFrench, EnglishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m72 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperPaphos
City population4,73835,961
People per km²51,987
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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.