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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok or Wilmington?

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 Bangkok for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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. Bangkok 12, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Wilmington 48: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Wilmington 40: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Wilmington 40: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Wilmington 58: Wilmington leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Wilmington 45: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Wilmington 28: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Wilmington 33: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Wilmington 42: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Wilmington 40: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Wilmington 33: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Wilmington.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BangkokWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokWilmington
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m9 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokWilmington
City population5,676,648115,451
People per km²3,619839
Museums within 10 km592
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.