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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Chiang Mai 6, Liverpool 22: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Liverpool 48: Chiang Mai leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Liverpool 64: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Liverpool 52: Chiang Mai leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai and Liverpool are level on 55.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Liverpool 52: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Liverpool 50: Chiang Mai leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Liverpool 22: Chiang Mai leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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

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. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiLiverpool
Official languageThaiEnglish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112 or 999
Elevation310 m70 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiLiverpool
City population1,198,000513,441
People per km²2,9584,592
Museums within 10 km631
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.