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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Kathmandu 4, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Kathmandu leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Kathmandu leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Kathmandu leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 58 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Kathmandu leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Kathmandu leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Kathmandu leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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KathmanduOcean 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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 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

MeasureKathmanduOcean City, Maryland
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m2 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 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

MeasureKathmanduOcean City, Maryland
City population845,7676,844
People per km²17,12173
Museums within 10 km90
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.