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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Medellin?

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
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Medellin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Medellin 42: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Medellin 58: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Medellin 50: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Medellin 55: Liverpool leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Medellin 45: Liverpool leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Medellin 42: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Medellin 30: Medellin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Medellin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Liverpool
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

Medellin 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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolMedellin
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112 or 999123
Elevation70 m1,405 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolMedellin
City population513,4412,529,403
People per km²4,5926,644
Museums within 10 km3114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. 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.