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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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. Mumbai 18, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Thessaloniki 77: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Thessaloniki 50: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Thessaloniki 66: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Thessaloniki 52: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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MumbaiThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiThessaloniki
Official languageHindi, EnglishGreek
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m6 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiThessaloniki
City population15,414,288309,617
People per km²25,56316,042
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.