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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • prices

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. London 25, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Ocean City, Maryland 40: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Ocean City, Maryland 14: London leads by 80 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Ocean City, Maryland 45: London leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Ocean City, Maryland 50: London leads by 7 points.
Day trips. London 90, Ocean City, Maryland 42: London leads by 48 points.
Good for families. London 82, Ocean City, Maryland 78: London leads by 4 points.
Getting around. London 85, Ocean City, Maryland 34: London leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Ocean City, Maryland 24: London leads by 71 points.
Affordability. London 15, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Ocean City, Maryland 18: London leads by 80 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Ocean City, Maryland 22: London leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 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

MeasureLondonOcean City, Maryland
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m2 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonOcean City, Maryland
City population8,799,7286,844
People per km²5,59873
Museums within 10 km2160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.