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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Liverpool or Wellington?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Wellington 44: Liverpool leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Wellington 45: Liverpool leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Wellington 40: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Liverpool and Wellington are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Wellington 42: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Wellington 33: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Wellington 56: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Wellington.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolWellington
Official languageEnglishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999111
Elevation70 m0 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolWellington
City population513,441216,200
People per km²4,592487
Museums within 10 km3112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.