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The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Thessaloniki or York?

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 York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Thessaloniki leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Thessaloniki 77, York 42: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Thessaloniki 73, York 70: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Thessaloniki 76, York 36: Thessaloniki leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Thessaloniki 66, York 62: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Thessaloniki 74, York 80: York leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Thessaloniki 50, York 60: York leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Thessaloniki 60, York 72: York leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Thessaloniki 50, York 46: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Thessaloniki 66, York 38: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Thessaloniki 52, York 38: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Thessaloniki 33, York 34: York leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Thessaloniki and York.

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.

York
49match

Wins on getting around 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 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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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThessalonikiYork
Official languageGreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation6 m25 m
Main airportThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureThessalonikiYork
City population309,617208,400
People per km²16,042766
Museums within 10 km3224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.