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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Valparaiso?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Valparaiso 62: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Valparaiso 56: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Valparaiso 63: Liverpool leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Valparaiso 33: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Valparaiso 44: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Valparaiso 30: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Valparaiso 38: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Valparaiso 18: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolValparaiso
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation70 m21 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolValparaiso
City population513,441296,655
People per km²4,5926,180
Museums within 10 km3117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.