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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 Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jasper or Tromso?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Jasper leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Tromso 36: Tromso leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Tromso 92: Jasper leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Tromso 14: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Tromso 15: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Tromso 11: Jasper leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Tromso 38: Jasper leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Tromso.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
Best match
35match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperTromso
Official languageFrench, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation1,060 m20 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperTromso
City population4,73879,943
People per km²532
Museums within 10 km18
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.