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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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.

Beaches & swimming. Gdansk 40, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Gdansk leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Gdansk leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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.

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

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. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 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

MeasureGdanskOcean City, Maryland
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 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

MeasureGdanskOcean City, Maryland
City population487,8346,844
People per km²71473
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.