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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Antalya’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. Antalya 82, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Antalya leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Antalya leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Antalya leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness 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.

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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AntalyaOcean City, Maryland

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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 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

MeasureAntalyaOcean City, Maryland
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m2 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaOcean City, Maryland
City population2,426,3566,844
People per km²1,71273
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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.