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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante or Ocean City, Maryland?

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 Alicante for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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. Alicante 82, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Alicante leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Alicante leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Ocean City, Maryland 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. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteOcean City, Maryland
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteOcean City, Maryland
City population366,2216,844
People per km²1,81973
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.