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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Oslo?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Oslo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Oslo 48: Liverpool leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Oslo 52: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Oslo 50: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Oslo 14: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Oslo 62: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Oslo.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolOslo
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation70 m23 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolOslo
City population513,441717,710
People per km²4,592-
Museums within 10 km3160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.