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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Liverpool or Reykjavik?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Reykjavik 42: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Reykjavik 25: Liverpool leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Reykjavik 45: Liverpool leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Reykjavik 35: Liverpool leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Liverpool and Reykjavik are level on 55.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Reykjavik 55: Liverpool leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Reykjavik 25: Liverpool leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Reykjavik 6: Liverpool leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Reykjavik 45: Liverpool leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 66 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolReykjavik
Official languageEnglishIcelandic
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m8 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolReykjavik
City population513,441138,772
People per km²4,592569
Museums within 10 km3123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

Where else could you go?

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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.