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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Vilnius?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Thessaloniki leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Vilnius 50: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Vilnius 66: Thessaloniki leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Vilnius 46: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Vilnius 52: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Vilnius 60: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Vilnius 44: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Vilnius 38: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Vilnius 64: Thessaloniki leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ThessalonikiVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiVilnius
Official languageGreekLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m98 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiVilnius
City population309,617619,405
People per km²16,0421,545
Museums within 10 km3231
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.