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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Liverpool or Washington DC?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Washington DC 57: Liverpool leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool and Washington DC are level on 52.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Washington DC 28: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Washington DC 26: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolWashington DC
City population513,441689,545
People per km²4,5923,896
Museums within 10 km3198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 months

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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.