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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Tromso 36: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Tromso 27: Liverpool leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Tromso 38: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Tromso 14: Liverpool leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Tromso 45: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Tromso 60: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Tromso 15: Liverpool leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Tromso 11: Liverpool leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Tromso 32: Liverpool leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Tromso.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolTromso
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation70 m20 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolTromso
City population513,44179,943
People per km²4,59232
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.