VacationSelector
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Portland 20, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Thessaloniki 66: Portland leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Thessaloniki 50: Portland leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Thessaloniki 60: Portland leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Thessaloniki 50: Portland leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Thessaloniki 52: Portland leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Thessaloniki 33: Portland leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Portland
52match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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PortlandThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandThessaloniki
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
Elevation152 m6 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandThessaloniki
City population652,503309,617
People per km²1,73616,042
Museums within 10 km1732
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.