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The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ocean City, Maryland or Phnom Penh?

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 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.

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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. Ocean City, Maryland 78, Phnom Penh 6: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Ocean City, Maryland 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Ocean City, Maryland 14, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Ocean City, Maryland 45, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocean City, Maryland 50, Phnom Penh 28: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Ocean City, Maryland 42, Phnom Penh 34: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ocean City, Maryland 78, Phnom Penh 32: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Ocean City, Maryland 34, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Ocean City, Maryland 24, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Ocean City, Maryland 40, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocean City, Maryland 18, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocean City, Maryland 22, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocean City, Maryland and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Ocean City, MarylandPhnom Penh

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. Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcean City, MarylandPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcean City, MarylandPhnom Penh
City population6,8442,129,371
People per km²733,138
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.