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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Toulouse?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool and Toulouse are level on 64.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Toulouse 56: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Toulouse 50: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Toulouse 46: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Toulouse 58: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Toulouse 27: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Liverpool
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on food and drink 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolToulouse
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 m115 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolToulouse
City population513,441514,819
People per km²4,5924,352
Museums within 10 km3124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.