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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Antibes’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. Antibes 80, Thessaloniki 55: Antibes leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Thessaloniki 66: Antibes leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Thessaloniki 74: Antibes leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Thessaloniki 50: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Thessaloniki 60: Antibes leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Thessaloniki 33: Antibes leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Antibes
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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AntibesThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesThessaloniki
Official languageFrenchGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesThessaloniki
City population77,637309,617
People per km²2,93016,042
Museums within 10 km1432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.