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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Liverpool or The Hague?

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
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose The Hague for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool and The Hague are level on 48.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, The Hague 38: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool and The Hague are level on 52.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, The Hague 35: Liverpool leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, The Hague 58: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and The Hague.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolThe Hague
Official languageEnglishDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolThe Hague
City population513,441548,320
People per km²4,5925,589
Museums within 10 km3154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.