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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montevideo 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 Montevideo for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Montevideo 55, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Montevideo leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Montevideo leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Montevideo leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 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

MeasureMontevideoOcean City, Maryland
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m2 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoOcean City, Maryland
City population1,302,9546,844
People per km²1,78573
Museums within 10 km360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.