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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 old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Ocean City, Maryland or Sapporo?

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’s own page.

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Ocean City, Maryland 40, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Ocean City, Maryland 14, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Ocean City, Maryland 45, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocean City, Maryland 50, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Ocean City, Maryland 42, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Ocean City, Maryland 78, Sapporo 72: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ocean City, Maryland 34, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Ocean City, Maryland 24, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Ocean City, Maryland 40, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocean City, Maryland 18, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocean City, Maryland 22, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocean City, Maryland and Sapporo.

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.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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. Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcean City, MarylandSapporo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m5 m
Main airportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcean City, MarylandSapporo
City population6,8441,959,313
People per km²731,747
Museums within 10 km033
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months1 month

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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.