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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Avignon or Liverpool?

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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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. Avignon and Liverpool are level on 22.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Liverpool 48: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Liverpool 64: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Liverpool 52: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Liverpool 64: Avignon leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Liverpool 50: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Liverpool 66: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Liverpool 22: Avignon leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonLiverpool
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m70 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonLiverpool
City population92,188513,441
People per km²1,4204,592
Museums within 10 km1131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.