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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pisa 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 Pisa for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Pisa 58, Thessaloniki 55: Pisa leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Thessaloniki 74: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Thessaloniki 50: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Thessaloniki 60: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Thessaloniki 33: Pisa leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Pisa
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 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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PisaThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaThessaloniki
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
Elevation4 m6 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaThessaloniki
City population88,737309,617
People per km²47916,042
Museums within 10 km2732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.