Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Jasper or Siena?
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
- families
What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’s own page.
Choose Siena for
- day trips
- culture and sights
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Siena.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.
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
Siena in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.
Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Jasper | Siena |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | French, English | Italian |
| Currency | Canadian Dollar (CAD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | AB120 V, 60 Hz | CFL230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 112 |
| Elevation | 1,060 m | 322 m |
| Main airport | Edmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations | Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Jasper | Siena |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 4,738 | 52,812 |
| People per km² | 5 | 446 |
| Museums within 10 km | 1 | 30 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 5 |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Jasper or Siena somewhere new.