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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Toronto?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Toronto 70: Thessaloniki leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Toronto 50: Thessaloniki leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Toronto 62: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Toronto 52: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Toronto 50: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Toronto 34: Thessaloniki leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki and Toronto are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Toronto.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ThessalonikiToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiToronto
Official languageGreekFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m76 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiToronto
City population309,6172,794,356
People per km²16,0424,434
Museums within 10 km3232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months1 month

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.