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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Tunis?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tunis for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Tunis 60: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Tunis 33: Thessaloniki leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Tunis 45: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Tunis 38: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Tunis 48: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki and Tunis are level on 50.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Tunis 38: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Tunis.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiTunis
Official languageGreekArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation6 m4 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiTunis
City population309,617602,560
People per km²16,0422,834
Museums within 10 km3216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.