Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Belfast 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 Belfast for
- culture and sights
- live music and the arts
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Belfast’s own page.
Choose Ocean City, Maryland for
- beaches
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Ocean City, Maryland.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.
Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Belfast in July
Ocean City, Maryland in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 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
| Measure | Belfast | Ocean City, Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English | - |
| Currency | Pound Sterling (GBP) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 or 999 | 911 |
| Elevation | 3 m | 2 m |
| Main airport | George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinations | Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 10 days | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Belfast | Ocean City, Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 345,006 | 6,844 |
| People per km² | 3,000 | 73 |
| Museums within 10 km | 8 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 3 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Belfast or Ocean City, Maryland somewhere new.