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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Geneva 45, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Thessaloniki 66: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Thessaloniki 74: Geneva leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Thessaloniki 50: Geneva leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Thessaloniki 60: Geneva leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Thessaloniki 50: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Thessaloniki 52: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Thessaloniki 33: Geneva leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Geneva
57match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaThessaloniki
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshGreek
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m6 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaThessaloniki
City population211,152309,617
People per km²13,28016,042
Museums within 10 km3432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.

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.