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The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo 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 Santo Domingo for

  • beaches

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Santo Domingo 58, Thessaloniki 55: Santo Domingo leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo and Thessaloniki are level on 66.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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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Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoThessaloniki
Official languageSpanishGreek
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation14 m6 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoThessaloniki
City population2,201,941309,617
People per km²1,69116,042
Museums within 10 km1032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.