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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • 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. Osaka 34, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Wilmington 48: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Wilmington 40: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Wilmington 40: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka and Wilmington are level on 58.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Wilmington 45: Osaka leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Wilmington 62: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Wilmington 28: Osaka leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Wilmington 33: Osaka leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Wilmington 42: Osaka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Wilmington 40: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Wilmington 33: Osaka leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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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OsakaWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaWilmington
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation20 m9 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaWilmington
City population2,751,862115,451
People per km²12,340839
Museums within 10 km442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.