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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Las Vegas 10, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Thessaloniki 76: Las Vegas leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Thessaloniki 66: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Thessaloniki 50: Las Vegas leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Thessaloniki 52: Las Vegas leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Thessaloniki 33: Las Vegas leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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Las VegasThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation610 m6 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasThessaloniki
City population641,903309,617
People per km²1,84316,042
Museums within 10 km2132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. 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.