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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Negril?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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, Negril 93: Negril leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Negril 36: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Negril 8: Liverpool leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Negril 40: Liverpool leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Negril 60: Negril leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Negril 35: Liverpool leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Negril 45: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Negril 30: Liverpool leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Negril 15: Liverpool leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Negril 44: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Negril 33: Liverpool leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Negril 52: Negril leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Negril.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

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

Negril
41match

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

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril 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). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolNegril
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112 or 999Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation70 m10 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolNegril
City population513,4414,500
People per km²4,592-
Museums within 10 km310
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.