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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima 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 Hiroshima for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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. Hiroshima 30, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Hiroshima leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima and Ocean City, Maryland are level on 45.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Hiroshima leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Hiroshima leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

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.

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °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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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. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 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

MeasureHiroshimaOcean City, Maryland
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaOcean City, Maryland
City population1,198,0216,844
People per km²1,32473
Museums within 10 km180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.