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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or Windhoek?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Thessaloniki leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, Windhoek 36: Thessaloniki leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, Windhoek 30: Thessaloniki leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, Windhoek 25: Thessaloniki leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, Windhoek 52: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, Windhoek 14: Thessaloniki leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, Windhoek 30: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, Windhoek 22: Thessaloniki leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, Windhoek 30: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, Windhoek 62: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, Windhoek 18: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ThessalonikiWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiWindhoek
Official languageGreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m1,650 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiWindhoek
City population309,617486,169
People per km²16,04295
Museums within 10 km325
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.