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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Skopje?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Skopje 52: Skopje leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Skopje 56: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Skopje 42: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Skopje 56: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Skopje 35: Liverpool leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Skopje 45: Liverpool leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Skopje 40: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Skopje 38: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Skopje 27: Skopje leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Skopje.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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.

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolSkopje
Official languageEnglishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Denar (MKD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m251 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolSkopje
City population513,441422,540
People per km²4,592739
Museums within 10 km3117
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. 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.