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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • 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. Malaga 77, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Malaga leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Malaga leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Malaga leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Malaga leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Malaga leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Malaga leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Malaga leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Malaga leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Malaga leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
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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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. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 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

MeasureMalagaOcean City, Maryland
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation18 m2 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaOcean City, Maryland
City population599,0636,844
People per km²1,51773
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.