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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Split?

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
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Split 57: Split leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Split 66: Split leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Split 52: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Split 77: Split leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Split 78: Split leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Split 54: Liverpool leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Split 67: Liverpool leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Split 32: Liverpool leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Split 45: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Split 37: Liverpool leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Split 40: Split leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Split.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

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

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolSplit
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
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 m0 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolSplit
City population513,441160,577
People per km²4,592-
Museums within 10 km3111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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.