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The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Wilmington or Yokohama?

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

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Wilmington leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Wilmington 48, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Wilmington 40, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Wilmington 40, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Wilmington 58, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Wilmington 45, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Wilmington 62, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Wilmington 28, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Wilmington 33, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Wilmington 42, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Wilmington 40, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Wilmington 33, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Wilmington and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Wilmington
45match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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.

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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °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

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

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). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWilmingtonYokohama
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation9 m24 m
Main airportWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureWilmingtonYokohama
City population115,4513,757,630
People per km²8398,585
Museums within 10 km238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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.