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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 and the peninsula in evening light, Punta del Este
Punta del EsteThe lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Punta del Este by Marcelo Campi, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jasper or Punta del Este?

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 Punta del Este for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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, Punta del Este 72: Punta del Este leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Punta del Este 45: Punta del Este leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Punta del Este 22: Punta del Este leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Punta del Este 55: Jasper leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Punta del Este 45: Punta del Este leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Punta del Este 55: Punta del Este leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Punta del Este 35: Punta del Este leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Punta del Este 42: Punta del Este leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Jasper and Punta del Este are level on 20.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Punta del Este 22: Punta del Este leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Punta del Este 32: Jasper leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Punta del Este.

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.

Punta del Este
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperPunta del Este
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,060 m11 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperPunta del Este
City population4,7389,277
People per km²5455
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.