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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Mombasa 82, Thessaloniki 55: Mombasa leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Thessaloniki 66: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Thessaloniki 66: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Thessaloniki 33: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaThessaloniki
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliGreek
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m6 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaThessaloniki
City population1,208,333309,617
People per km²4,10016,042
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.