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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

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. Doha 45, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Wilmington 48: Doha leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Wilmington 40: Doha leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Wilmington 58: Wilmington leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Wilmington 45: Wilmington leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Wilmington 28: Doha leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Wilmington 33: Doha leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Wilmington 42: Wilmington leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Wilmington 33: Doha leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Wilmington
Best match
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 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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DohaWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaWilmington
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation0 m9 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre194 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaWilmington
City population1,186,023115,451
People per km²8,985839
Museums within 10 km62
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months6 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). 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.