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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Tampa 42: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Tampa 52: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Tampa 54: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Tampa 22: Liverpool leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Tampa 40: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Tampa 40: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Tampa 47: Liverpool leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Tampa 30: Tampa leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Tampa.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolTampa
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation70 m30 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolTampa
City population513,441384,959
People per km²4,592848
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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. 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.