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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Hong Kong 50, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Hong Kong leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Hong Kong leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Hong Kong leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 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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Hong KongOcean 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. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 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

MeasureHong KongOcean City, Maryland
Official languageStandard Chinese-
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m2 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongOcean City, Maryland
City population7,413,0706,844
People per km²-73
Museums within 10 km390
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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). 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.