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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Thessaloniki or Warsaw?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Thessaloniki leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Warsaw 60: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Warsaw 70: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Warsaw 66: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Warsaw 47: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Warsaw 52: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Warsaw 64: Thessaloniki leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Warsaw.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on families 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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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ThessalonikiWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiWarsaw
Official languageGreekPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m118 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiWarsaw
City population309,6171,862,402
People per km²16,0423,601
Museums within 10 km32117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.