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Where to stay in North Carolina
This guide covers 21 destinations in North Carolina, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 94 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro. Across its destinations, October is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).
- Destinations in this guide
- 21
- Places to stay
- 94
- Comfortable in the most places
- October
- Main airport
- RDURaleigh-Durham International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/New York
Destinations
Destinations in North Carolina
Every destination in this guide in North Carolina, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville | 94,589 | 27 | AVL · 18 km |
| Charlotte | 874,579 | 21 | CLT · 9 km |
| Durham | 283,506 | 8 | RDU · 16 km |
| Wilmington | 115,451 | 7 | ILM · 6 km |
| Raleigh | 467,665 | 5 | RDU · 17 km |
| Cary | 174,721 | 5 | RDU · 11 km |
| High Point | 114,059 | 4 | GSO · 15 km |
| Chapel Hill | 61,960 | 4 | RDU · 24 km |
| Greensboro | 299,035 | 3 | GSO · 14 km |
| Winston-Salem | 249,545 | 2 | GSO · 29 km |
| Fayetteville | 208,501 | 2 | FAY · 9 km |
| Burlington | 57,303 | 2 | GSO · 44 km |
| Concord | 105,240 | 1 | USA · 10 km |
| Huntersville | 61,376 | 1 | USA · 14 km |
| Apex | 58,780 | 1 | RDU · 17 km |
| Kannapolis | 53,114 | 1 | USA · 14 km |
| Greenville | 87,521 | PGV · 4 km | |
| Gastonia | 80,411 | CLT · 22 km | |
| Jacksonville | 72,723 | OAJ · 20 km | |
| Rocky Mount | 54,341 | PGV · 52 km | |
| Mooresville | 50,193 | USA · 24 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in North Carolina
94 hotels in North Carolina recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Inn | Chapel Hill | 1924 |
| The Omni Grove Park Inn | Asheville | 1913 |
| Battery Park Hotel | Asheville | 1924 |
| Kenilworth Inn | Asheville | 1918 |
| O. Henry Hotel | Greensboro | 1998 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel | Raleigh | 1923 |
| Dunhill Hotel | Charlotte | |
| Fearrington Village | Chapel Hill | |
| Flat Iron Building | Asheville | |
| Hotel Charlotte | Charlotte | 1924 |
| Manor and Cottages | Asheville | |
| Monte Vista Hotel | Asheville | 1940 |
| Prince Charles Hotel | Fayetteville | 1925 |
| Sherrill's Inn | Asheville | |
| South Tryon Square | Charlotte | 1961 |
| Barringer Hotel | Charlotte | 1950 |
| Ben-Wiley Hotel | Apex | |
| Brummell's Inn | High Point | |
| Kilby Hotel | High Point | |
| Lentz Hotel | Concord | |
| Proximity Hotel | Greensboro | 2007 |
| Richmond Hill Inn | Asheville | |
| Soleil Center | Raleigh | |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte | Charlotte | |
| Westin Charlotte | Charlotte | 2003 |
| 1889 WhiteGate Inn & Cottage | Asheville | |
| 21c Museum Hotel Durham | Durham | |
| Abbington Green Bed & Breakfast Inn | Asheville | |
| AC Hotel by Marriott Chapel Hill Downtown | Chapel Hill | |
| Angies B&B | Wilmington |
When to go
Best time to visit North Carolina
From the climate of 21 destinations in North Carolina with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 21 | 11 °C | 92 mm |
| February | 0 of 21 | 13 °C | 80 mm |
| March | 0 of 21 | 17 °C | 104 mm |
| April | 0 of 21 | 23 °C | 98 mm |
| May | 0 of 21 | 27 °C | 95 mm |
| June | 0 of 21 | 30 °C | 109 mm |
| July | 0 of 21 | 32 °C | 121 mm |
| August | 0 of 21 | 31 °C | 115 mm |
| September | 0 of 21 | 28 °C | 105 mm |
| October | 3 of 21 | 23 °C | 86 mm |
| November | 1 of 21 | 17 °C | 81 mm |
| December | 0 of 21 | 13 °C | 94 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving North Carolina
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North Carolina name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
RDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport
GSO · Piedmont Triad International Airport
USA · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
CLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport
PGV · Pitt-Greenville Airport
FAY · Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
OAJ · Albert J Ellis Airport
ILM · Wilmington International Airport
AVL · Asheville Regional Airport
EWN · Coastal Carolina Regional Airport
GSP · Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
TRI · Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport
MYR · Myrtle Beach International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in North Carolina, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United States
Regional holidays observed in North Carolina
Nearby
Regions near North Carolina
Other regions of United States with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.