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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Thessaloniki leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Tromso 36: Thessaloniki leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Tromso 27: Thessaloniki leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Tromso 38: Thessaloniki leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Tromso 14: Thessaloniki leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Tromso 45: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki and Tromso are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Tromso 15: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Tromso 11: Thessaloniki leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Tromso 32: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Tromso.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ThessalonikiTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiTromso
Official languageGreekNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation6 m20 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiTromso
City population309,61779,943
People per km²16,04232
Museums within 10 km328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.