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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 old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jasper or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Jasper leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Steamboat Springs 30: Steamboat Springs leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Steamboat Springs 14: Steamboat Springs leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Steamboat Springs 20: Steamboat Springs leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Steamboat Springs 88: Jasper leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Steamboat Springs 12: Steamboat Springs leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Steamboat Springs 46: Steamboat Springs leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Steamboat Springs 22: Steamboat Springs leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Steamboat Springs 17: Jasper leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Steamboat Springs 28: Steamboat Springs leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Steamboat Springs.

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.

Steamboat Springs
Best match
35match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperSteamboat Springs
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 m2,052 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperSteamboat Springs
City population4,73813,224
People per km²5503
Museums within 10 km10
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.