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The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Wilmington or Winter Park, Colorado?

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 Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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. Wilmington 73, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Wilmington leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Wilmington 48, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Wilmington leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Wilmington 40, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Wilmington leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Wilmington 40, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Wilmington leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Wilmington 58, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Wilmington 45, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Wilmington leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Wilmington and Winter Park, Colorado are level on 62.
Getting around. Wilmington 28, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Wilmington 33, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Wilmington leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Wilmington 42, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Wilmington leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Wilmington 40, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Wilmington leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Wilmington 33, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Wilmington and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Wilmington
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWilmingtonWinter Park, Colorado
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m2,759 m
Main airportWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureWilmingtonWinter Park, Colorado
City population115,4511,033
People per km²83924
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.