HoodEx has a profile for every part of Thessaloniki, Greece — all 223 areas, each about 700 metres across. Here is what it says about prices and where the city is greenest, liveliest and easiest to get around.
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Thessaloniki sits on the inner curve of the Thermaic Gulf in northern Greece, spreading inland from a long waterfront promenade to the steep slopes that cradle the old Upper Town. Its center is a dense weave of commercial streets and apartment blocks, while the higher ground toward the north retains older stone houses and narrower lanes. The built environment varies sharply from one neighborhood to the next: some districts near the water consist of closely packed flats with little open space, whereas the hilltop quarters hold a more traditional fabric. Buses form the backbone of daily travel, augmented by a busy taxi fleet and heavy pedestrian traffic through the flat core. Summers are hot and humid, and winters are mild but damp. Local services and street-level community life run deep, though parks and substantial greenery remain scarce across most of the measured areas.
These parts of Thessaloniki have been measured in full rather than modelled — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Across the 7 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Thessaloniki, the average score is 6.4 out of 10 — solid. That places Thessaloniki 23rd of the 33 cities measured so far, 0.2 below the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Άνω Πόλη at 7.3/10; the lowest is Δήμος Καλαμαριάς at 6.1/10. A gap of only 1.2 points means Thessaloniki is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is. 1 of the 7 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Thessaloniki: green & air 4.3, comfort & safety 6.7, homes & buildings 5.9, shops & services 8.0 and getting around 7.3, each out of 10.
Thessaloniki's strongest category is shops & services — community life and local services — at 8.0/10, 1.3 above the 6.7 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 4.3/10, 1.4 below the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
The score that swings most from one Thessaloniki area to the next is homes & buildings: 4.4/10 in Άνω Τούμπα, 7.7/10 in Άνω Πόλη — a spread of 3.3 points. In practice that means what you are actually renting or buying is the thing your choice of address actually decides here.
By contrast comfort & safety moves by only 1.2 points across the whole city, so it is close to a constant: worth knowing about Thessaloniki, but not worth paying extra for one street over another.
Within Greece, HoodEx has measured 4 cities, averaging 6.3/10. Thessaloniki is in line with the 6.3 average for the country, 2nd of the 4.
No single area wins on everything, so it is worth knowing which one leads on the thing you care about. In Thessaloniki that is most green space: Άνω Πόλη (5.8/10 green & air), best connected: Φραγκομαχαλάς (8.7/10 getting around), strongest community life: Φραγκομαχαλάς (8.9/10 shops & services) and best housing stock: Άνω Πόλη (7.7/10 homes & buildings).
Open any of them below for the full breakdown — the five category scores, the components underneath them, and what residents have reported.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 7 neighbourhoods in Thessaloniki. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Thessaloniki neighbourhoods is 6.4/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.2 below the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Άνω Πόλη currently has the highest overall score in Thessaloniki at 7.3/10, 1.2 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Δήμος Καλαμαριάς (6.1/10).
Άνω Πόλη scores highest on green & air in Thessaloniki at 5.8/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for green & air is 4.3/10.
Φραγκομαχαλάς leads on getting around — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 8.7/10, against a Thessaloniki average of 7.3/10.
Homes & buildings varies most across Thessaloniki — a spread of 3.3 points between Άνω Τούμπα (4.4/10) and Άνω Πόλη (7.7/10). That makes what you are actually renting or buying the thing your address decides here, while comfort & safety is close to constant citywide (1.2 points).
HoodEx has measured 4 cities in Greece, averaging 6.3/10. Thessaloniki is in line with the 6.3 average, ranking 2nd of the 4.
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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