Hull vs Liverpool
for digital nomads
Under balanced weights Hull edges it, 68 to 67, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Hull is stronger on internet; Liverpool on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.
Humber port city with low rents and early full fibre
Full Hull profile →Plan a trip to Hull →Music, football and cheap rents in a big port city
Full Liverpool profile →Plan a trip to Liverpool →Where they differ
- Internet. Hull leads on internet, 87 to 77, against Liverpool. Measured download: 93.3 Mbps vs 62.2 Mbps.
- Getting there & around. Liverpool leads on getting there & around, 56 to 51, against Hull. Non-stop airport destinations: 215 vs 218.
Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.
Pick Hull if you want
- faster internet (93.3 Mbps measured)
Pick Liverpool if you want
- no clear edge over Hull in the data
Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | 22 | 22 |
| Safety | 76 | 76 |
| Healthcare | 88 | 88 |
| Internet | 87 ✓ | 77 |
| Visa ease | 77 | 77 |
| Getting there & around | 51 | 56 ✓ |
| Climate | 17 | 17 |
| Air quality | 93 ✓ | 92 |
| Quality of life | 97 | 97 |
Cost
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city | $2,900 | $2,900 |
| Central one-bedroom rent | no data | no data |
Safety and health (country-level)
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Homicides per 100k | 0.93 | 0.93 |
| Political stability (0–100) | 70.7 | 70.7 |
| UHC service coverage (0–100) | 88 | 88 |
| Life expectancy | 80.7 yrs | 80.7 yrs |
Internet (M-Lab measured medians)
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Download | 93.3 Mbps ✓ | 62.2 Mbps |
| Upload | 47.6 Mbps ✓ | 16.4 Mbps |
Visa
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Nomad visa | none listed | none listed |
| Minimum income for the visa | no data | no data |
| Entry, US passport | eTA required (online, before travel) | eTA required (online, before travel) |
| Entry, EU passport | 180 days | 180 days |
| Entry, UK passport | home country | home country |
Getting there and around
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Non-stop airport destinations | 215 | 218 ✓ |
| Walkability (1–5, editorial) | 4 | 4 |
| Transit (1–5, editorial) | 2 | 3 ✓ |
Climate and air
| Metric | Hull | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Comfortable months per year | 2 | 2 |
| Annual mean PM2.5 | 8.3 µg/m³ ✓ | 8.6 µg/m³ |
✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Hull or Liverpool?
- Hull and Liverpool cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.
- Is Hull or Liverpool safer?
- Hull and Liverpool score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
- Where is the internet faster, Hull or Liverpool?
- Hull: a measured median of 93.3 Mbps versus 62.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).
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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.