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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Ghent 25, Liverpool 22: Ghent leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Liverpool 48: Ghent leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Liverpool 64: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Liverpool 64: Ghent leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Liverpool 68: Ghent leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Liverpool 50: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Liverpool 22: Ghent leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Ghent
54match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentLiverpool
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish
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
Elevation12 m70 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentLiverpool
City population272,657513,441
People per km²1,7284,592
Museums within 10 km3031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.