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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Valparaiso?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

Valparaiso does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Valparaiso 50: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Valparaiso 62: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Valparaiso 56: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Valparaiso 60: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Valparaiso 63: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Valparaiso 33: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Valparaiso 44: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Valparaiso 30: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Valparaiso 60: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Valparaiso 38: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Valparaiso 18: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiValparaiso
Official languageGreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation6 m21 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiValparaiso
City population309,617296,655
People per km²16,0426,180
Museums within 10 km3217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.