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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Orlando 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 Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Orlando 42, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Thessaloniki 50: Orlando leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Thessaloniki 50: Orlando leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around 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.

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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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OrlandoThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation34 m6 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoThessaloniki
City population334,854309,617
People per km²1,08616,042
Museums within 10 km1132
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.