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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An 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 Hoi An for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Hoi An 72, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Hoi An leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Hoi An leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hoi An leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Hoi An leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Hoi AnOcean 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. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 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

MeasureHoi AnOcean City, Maryland
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m2 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnOcean City, Maryland
City population121,7166,844
People per km²-73
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.