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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Liverpool leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool and Nairobi are level on 48.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Nairobi 35: Liverpool leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Nairobi 58: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Nairobi 28: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Liverpool and Nairobi are level on 55.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Nairobi 20: Liverpool leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Nairobi 45: Liverpool leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Nairobi 35: Liverpool leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Nairobi 25: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Nairobi.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolNairobi
City population513,4415,545,000
People per km²4,5927,967
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.