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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Zurich?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zurich for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Zurich 58: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Zurich 62: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Zurich 3: Liverpool leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Zurich.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolZurich
Official languageEnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m408 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolZurich
City population513,441440,935
People per km²4,5925,016
Museums within 10 km3163
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.