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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 adobe New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
Santa FeThe adobe New Mexico Museum of Art

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santa Fe by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jasper or Santa Fe?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Santa Fe for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Fe’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, Santa Fe 5: Jasper leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Santa Fe 62: Santa Fe leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Santa Fe 66: Santa Fe leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Santa Fe 22: Santa Fe leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Santa Fe 80: Jasper leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Santa Fe 70: Santa Fe leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Santa Fe 45: Santa Fe leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Santa Fe 40: Santa Fe leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Santa Fe 62: Santa Fe leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Santa Fe 30: Santa Fe leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Santa Fe 55: Santa Fe leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Santa Fe 55: Santa Fe leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Santa Fe.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Santa Fe
Best match
49match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Santa Fe in July

31 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperSanta Fe

Where the figures come from

Santa Fe's station stands 199 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Santa Fe 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). Santa Fe: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Fe / Cieneguilla (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperSanta Fe
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,060 m2,134 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsSanta Fe Municipal Airport (SAF)12 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperSanta Fe
City population4,73887,505
People per km²5645
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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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.