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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Luang Prabang?

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 Liverpool for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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. Liverpool 22, Luang Prabang 14: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Luang Prabang 42: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Luang Prabang 8: Liverpool leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Luang Prabang 35: Liverpool leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Luang Prabang 38: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Luang Prabang 50: Liverpool leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Luang Prabang 38: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Luang Prabang 18: Liverpool leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on wellness 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.

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolLuang Prabang
Official languageEnglishLao
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112 or 999Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation70 m305 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolLuang Prabang
City population513,44153,792
People per km²4,592-
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.