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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Liverpool or Strasbourg?

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

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Strasbourg 40: Liverpool leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool and Strasbourg are level on 52.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Strasbourg 44: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Strasbourg 56: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolStrasbourg
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m132 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolStrasbourg
City population513,441293,771
People per km²4,5923,752
Museums within 10 km3121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.