Climate
Liverpool logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Southend-on-Sea's 3 — Southend-on-Sea wins by 3. Liverpool also leads on frost days by 3.
Liverpool
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Southend-on-Sea
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Liverpool averages $1,927/mo for balanced living; Southend-on-Sea has no cost baseline yet.
Liverpool
$1,927monthly · balanced
Mobility
Liverpool scores 2.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Liverpool's culture score of 4.0 sits well above Southend-on-Sea's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Liverpool scores 3.7 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Liverpool scores 2.5 on safety (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no safety baseline.
Career
Liverpool scores 3.6 on career (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Liverpool scores 4.1 on social & community (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Liverpool scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Liverpool scores 3.5 on family (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Liverpool scores 2.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Southend-on-Sea has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Liverpool averages 7.6 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Southend-on-Sea's 8.7 µg/m³ (good) — Liverpool breathes ~12% cleaner air (1.0 µg/m³ lower).
Liverpool
Southend-on-Sea
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Liverpool (1.2M) and Southend-on-Sea (266K) are 4.7x in population — Liverpool is the larger metro, Southend-on-Sea the smaller; on land area Liverpool spans roughly 4.9x more ground.
Liverpool is roughly 4.8x the scale of Southend-on-Sea
Combined population & area comparison
LiverpoolSouthend-on-SeaCity Scale Rankings
Liverpool1.2M4.7xSouthend-on-Sea266K1xLiverpool388 km²4.9xSouthend-on-Sea79 km²1xLiverpool
Southend-on-Sea
Who Thrives Here
Liverpool is the stronger fit for the english speaker. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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