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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Vienna?

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 Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Vienna 68: Thessaloniki leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Vienna 50: Thessaloniki leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Vienna 62: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki and Vienna are level on 74.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Vienna 44: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Vienna.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
61match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ThessalonikiVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiVienna
Official languageGreekGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m151 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiVienna
City population309,6172,028,289
People per km²16,0424,890
Museums within 10 km32152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.