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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Dublin 27, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Dublin leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Dublin leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Dublin leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 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

MeasureDublinOcean City, Maryland
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m2 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinOcean City, Maryland
City population592,7136,844
People per km²5,15473
Museums within 10 km400
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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.