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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Brisbane and Thessaloniki are level on 55.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Thessaloniki 66: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Thessaloniki 50: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Thessaloniki 60: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Thessaloniki 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Thessaloniki 33: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneThessaloniki
Official languageEnglishGreek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneThessaloniki
City population2,706,966309,617
People per km²17116,042
Museums within 10 km1632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.