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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Mombasa 55: Liverpool leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Mombasa 46: Liverpool leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Mombasa 45: Liverpool leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Mombasa 45: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Mombasa 30: Liverpool leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Mombasa 35: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Mombasa 22: Liverpool leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Liverpool
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolMombasa
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112 or 999Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation70 m50 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolMombasa
City population513,4411,208,333
People per km²4,5924,100
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.