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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • prices
  • 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. Monaco 68, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Monaco leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Monaco leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Monaco leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Monaco leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Monaco leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Monaco leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Monaco leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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MonacoOcean 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 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

MeasureMonacoOcean City, Maryland
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m2 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 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

MeasureMonacoOcean City, Maryland
City population38,8576,844
People per km²18,50373
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.