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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 Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jasper or Tangier?

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
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Tangier 55: Jasper leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Tangier 35: Jasper leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Tangier.

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 families with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and prices 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperTangier
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation1,060 m56 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperTangier
City population4,7381,275,428
People per km²56,393
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.