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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Bologna 30, Liverpool 22: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Liverpool 48: Bologna leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Liverpool 64: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna and Liverpool are level on 52.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Liverpool 64: Bologna leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Liverpool 68: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Liverpool 52: Bologna leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Liverpool 50: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Liverpool 22: Bologna leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and day trips with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

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. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaLiverpool
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation54 m70 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaLiverpool
City population387,971513,441
People per km²2,7544,592
Museums within 10 km6831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.