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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Quebec City 18, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Thessaloniki 66: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Thessaloniki 50: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City and Thessaloniki are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Thessaloniki 33: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CityThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityThessaloniki
Official languageFrench, EnglishGreek
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation98 m6 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityThessaloniki
City population574,482309,617
People per km²1,18416,042
Museums within 10 km1632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.