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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Verona?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Verona 66: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Verona 76: Verona leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Verona 37: Thessaloniki leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Verona 65: Thessaloniki leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Verona 92: Verona leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Verona 66: Verona leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Verona 68: Verona leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Verona 52: Verona leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Verona 46: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Verona 48: Verona leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Verona.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Thessaloniki
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Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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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ThessalonikiVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiVerona
Official languageGreekItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m59 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiVerona
City population309,617255,588
People per km²16,0421,285
Museums within 10 km3218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.