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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • 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. Genoa 62, Thessaloniki 55: Genoa leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Thessaloniki 73: Genoa leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Thessaloniki 66: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Thessaloniki 74: Genoa leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Thessaloniki 50: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Thessaloniki 60: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa and Thessaloniki are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Thessaloniki 33: Genoa leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Genoa
61match

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

Thessaloniki
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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 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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Where the figures come from

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaThessaloniki
Official languageItalianGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m6 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaThessaloniki
City population558,745309,617
People per km²2,32516,042
Museums within 10 km5132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.