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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
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Jasper or Samarkand?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Jasper leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Jasper and Samarkand are level on 14.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Samarkand 40: Jasper leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Samarkand 30: Jasper leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Samarkand 24: Samarkand leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

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.

Samarkand
Best match
45match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperSamarkand
Official languageFrench, EnglishUzbek
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m702 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureJasperSamarkand
City population4,738546,303
People per km²55,058
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.