Cheap Flights from Dublin to Thessaloniki

Demand on this route follows the Greek season and the school calendar in Ireland: planes fill from late spring, stay busy through the summer holidays, and thin out once autumn settles in. Fares work out cheapest in September, which still behaves like summer in Thessaloniki, so it is the month to aim for if your dates can move. The price calendar runs from September to May, with July also listed — the quieter months are the ones to browse. Around Christmas and the Irish mid-term breaks, book earlier than you would for a September trip. Orthodox Easter shifts from year to year, so check where it falls before fixing your dates.

A low-cost fare here buys the seat and prices the rest separately: with Ryanair and Vueling, bags, seat choice and the other extras appear at booking, and that is where the gap with full-service fares opens. Ryanair is also the nonstop option, while Vueling sells the trip as a connection. KLM with KLM Cityhopper, Air France, Swiss with Helvetic Airways, plus Eurowings, Aegean and Emerald Airlines route you through a hub, and on those tickets bags and a normal cabin allowance are part of the price. Compare totals with bags included — the ranking often flips.

Arrange the transfer before you land and the first hour runs itself. Makedonia Airport is the one airport Thessaloniki has, sitting outside the city with a straightforward road in: buses stop by the terminal for the ride into the centre, taxis queue at the rank outside arrivals, and rental desks sit inside if you plan to drive on into northern Greece. The trip into town is short by airport standards. Arrive late and the buses thin out, so a taxi or a pre-booked transfer is the fallback to keep in mind. In the summer months, add a margin for the road into town at peak times.

Currency

EUR (€)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Greek

Emergency number

112, 100, 166

Driving side

right

Calling code

+30

Internet domain

.gr, .ελ

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Thessaloniki

310 k (2021)

Time zone

UTC+03 (Europe/Athens)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Confirm the ticket names Dublin Airport out and Makedonia Airport in — there is one airport at each end of this route.
• Price the baggage into any low-cost fare before comparing: with Ryanair and Vueling the bags are add-ons, while the full-service tickets usually include them.
• Check the documents Greece requires for your nationality and make sure your passport stays valid beyond your return date.
• If a connection is built from two separate tickets, leave a wide gap — each airline stands behind only its own leg.
• If your dates are fixed on high summer, book earlier than you would for September, when fares on this route sit lowest.