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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Toledo?

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 Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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. Thessaloniki 55, Toledo 5: Thessaloniki leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Toledo 40: Thessaloniki leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Toledo 22: Thessaloniki leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Toledo 40: Thessaloniki leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Toledo 45: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Toledo 32: Thessaloniki leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Toledo 58: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Toledo 22: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Toledo 30: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Toledo.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiToledo
Official languageGreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m523 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiToledo
City population309,61787,216
People per km²16,042376
Museums within 10 km3213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.