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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Antwerp 15, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp and Thessaloniki are level on 73.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Thessaloniki 74: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Thessaloniki 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Thessaloniki 60: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Thessaloniki 50: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Thessaloniki 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches 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.

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpThessaloniki
Official languageFrench, German, DutchGreek
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
Elevation7 m6 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpThessaloniki
City population529,247309,617
People per km²2,54216,042
Museums within 10 km3832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.