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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • prices
  • 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. Nice 75, Wilmington 73: Nice leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Wilmington 48: Nice leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Wilmington 40: Nice leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Wilmington 40: Nice leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Wilmington 58: Nice leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Wilmington 45: Nice leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Wilmington 28: Nice leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Wilmington 33: Nice leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Wilmington 42: Wilmington leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Wilmington 40: Nice leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Wilmington 33: Nice leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceWilmington
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m9 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceWilmington
City population357,737115,451
People per km²4,975839
Museums within 10 km172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.