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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 terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jasper or Santiago?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Santiago for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Jasper leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Santiago 83: Jasper leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Santiago 37: Jasper leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Santiago.

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.

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperSantiago

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperSantiago
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation1,060 m575 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperSantiago
City population4,7386,257,516
People per km²57,468
Museums within 10 km154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.