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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Maastricht?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Maastricht 60: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Maastricht 42: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Liverpool and Maastricht are level on 55.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Maastricht 38: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Maastricht 40: Liverpool leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolMaastricht
Official languageEnglishDutch
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m49 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolMaastricht
City population513,441120,227
People per km²4,5922,000
Museums within 10 km3121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.