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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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. Maastricht 8, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Maastricht leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Maastricht leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Maastricht leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Maastricht leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 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

MeasureMaastrichtOcean City, Maryland
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m2 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtOcean City, Maryland
City population120,2276,844
People per km²2,00073
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.