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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Toulouse?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Thessaloniki leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Toulouse 66: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Toulouse 64: Thessaloniki leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Toulouse 56: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Toulouse 58: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Toulouse 72: Thessaloniki leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki and Toulouse are level on 50.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Toulouse 46: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Toulouse 27: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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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ThessalonikiToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiToulouse
Official languageGreekFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m115 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiToulouse
City population309,617514,819
People per km²16,0424,352
Museums within 10 km3224
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.