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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
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Jasper or Strasbourg?

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

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Jasper leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Strasbourg 40: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Strasbourg 62: Jasper leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperStrasbourg
Official languageFrench, EnglishFrench
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m132 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperStrasbourg
City population4,738293,771
People per km²53,752
Museums within 10 km121
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.