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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Thessaloniki?

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 Adelaide for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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. Adelaide 68, Thessaloniki 55: Adelaide leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide and Thessaloniki are level on 66.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Thessaloniki 50: Adelaide leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Thessaloniki 52: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Thessaloniki 33: Adelaide leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideThessaloniki
Official languageEnglishGreek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m6 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideThessaloniki
City population1,387,290309,617
People per km²1,07116,042
Museums within 10 km1332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 months

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.