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The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Venice by David Vives, Pexels License; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Venice 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 Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Venice 56, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Venice 60, Wilmington 48: Venice leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Venice 94, Wilmington 40: Venice leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Venice 27, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Venice 45, Wilmington 58: Wilmington leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Venice 86, Wilmington 45: Venice leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Venice 45, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Venice 68, Wilmington 28: Venice leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Venice 57, Wilmington 33: Venice leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Venice 20, Wilmington 42: Wilmington leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Venice 62, Wilmington 40: Venice leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Venice 40, Wilmington 33: Venice leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Venice and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Venice has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVeniceWilmington
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m9 m
Main airportVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureVeniceWilmington
City population250,369115,451
People per km²602839
Museums within 10 km522
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.