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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • 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. Florence 14, Liverpool 22: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Liverpool 48: Florence leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Liverpool 64: Florence leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Liverpool 52: Florence leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Liverpool 64: Florence leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Liverpool 68: Florence leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Liverpool 52: Florence leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Liverpool 50: Liverpool leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Liverpool 22: Florence leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

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. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceLiverpool
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
Elevation50 m70 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceLiverpool
City population360,930513,441
People per km²3,5284,592
Museums within 10 km14131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.