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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi 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 Amalfi for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Amalfi 64, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Amalfi leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Amalfi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Amalfi leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amalfi in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
28 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

Amalfi's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Amalfi 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.

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. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 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

MeasureAmalfiOcean City, Maryland
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
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 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

MeasureAmalfiOcean City, Maryland
City population4,7296,844
People per km²83073
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.