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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
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Jasper or Valletta?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Valletta 56: Jasper leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Valletta 32: Jasper leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Valletta.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JasperValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperValletta
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,060 m56 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperValletta
City population4,7385,197
People per km²56,496
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.