HoodEx has analyzed 7 neighborhoods in Thessaloniki, Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, Greece. The average livability score across Thessaloniki is 6.4/10, measured across nature, community, housing, connectivity and quality of daily life. Άνω Πόλη currently ranks highest at 7.3/10. Compare every analyzed area below, or run your own AI report for any Thessaloniki address.
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.
Across the 7 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Thessaloniki, the average livability score is 6.4 out of 10 — solid. That places Thessaloniki 21st of the 26 cities measured so far, 0.6 below the 7.0 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: nature 4.3, anthropos 6.7, shells 5.9, society 8.0 and networks 7.3, each out of 10.
Thessaloniki's strongest dimension is society — community life and local services — at 8.0/10, 0.4 above the 7.6 average for that pillar. The weakest is nature — greenery and environmental quality — at 4.3/10, 1.3 below the 5.6 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 shells: 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 anthropos 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 nature), best connected: Φραγκομαχαλάς (8.7/10 networks), strongest community life: Φραγκομαχαλάς (8.9/10 society) and best housing stock: Άνω Πόλη (7.7/10 shells).
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Every HoodEx neighborhood is scored from 0 to 10 across five dimensions drawn from the Ekistics framework for human settlements. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall livability score.
HoodEx has analyzed 7 neighborhoods in Thessaloniki. New areas are added whenever someone runs an analysis for a local address.
The average overall livability score across analyzed Thessaloniki neighborhoods is 6.4/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.6 below the 7.0 average across the 26 cities HoodEx has measured.
Άνω Πόλη currently has the highest overall livability 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 nature in Thessaloniki at 5.8/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for nature is 4.3/10.
Φραγκομαχαλάς leads on networks — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 8.7/10, against a Thessaloniki average of 7.3/10.
Shells 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 anthropos 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 neighborhood is scored 0–10 across five categories — Nature, Anthropos, Shells, Society and Networks — 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 livability score.
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