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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
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jasper or York?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Jasper leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, York 42: York leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, York 70: York leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, York 36: York leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, York 62: Jasper leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, York 80: York leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, York 60: York leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, York 72: York leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, York 46: York leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, York 38: York leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, York 38: York leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, York 34: Jasper leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and York.

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.

York
Best match
49match

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
16 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperYork
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation1,060 m25 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperYork
City population4,738208,400
People per km²5766
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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.