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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Thessaloniki or Wellington?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Wellington 62: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Wellington 44: Thessaloniki leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Wellington 45: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Wellington 40: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Wellington 42: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Wellington 33: Thessaloniki leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Wellington 30: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and Wellington.

Your match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiWellington
Official languageGreekEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation6 m0 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiWellington
City population309,617216,200
People per km²16,042487
Museums within 10 km3212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.