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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Muscat?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Muscat 44: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Muscat 55: Liverpool leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Muscat 14: Liverpool leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Muscat 62: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Muscat 52: Liverpool leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Muscat 20: Liverpool leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Muscat 42: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Muscat 45: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Muscat 40: Liverpool leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Muscat.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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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.

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolMuscat
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112 or 999968
Elevation70 m69 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolMuscat
City population513,4411,421,409
People per km²4,592406
Museums within 10 km3110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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.