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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Myrtle Beach 38: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Myrtle Beach 20: Liverpool leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Myrtle Beach 42: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Myrtle Beach 46: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Myrtle Beach 50: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Myrtle Beach 18: Liverpool leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Myrtle Beach 38: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Myrtle Beach 30: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Myrtle Beach 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolMyrtle Beach
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation70 m8 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolMyrtle Beach
City population513,44135,682
People per km²4,592591
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.