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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
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ocean City, Maryland or Stockholm?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Stockholm for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Ocean City, Maryland 40, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Ocean City, Maryland 14, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Ocean City, Maryland 45, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocean City, Maryland 50, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Ocean City, Maryland 42, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Ocean City, Maryland 78, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Ocean City, Maryland 34, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Ocean City, Maryland 24, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Ocean City, Maryland 40, Stockholm 30: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocean City, Maryland 18, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocean City, Maryland 22, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocean City, Maryland and Stockholm.

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 prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

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). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcean City, MarylandStockholm
Official language-Swedish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m22 m
Main airportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcean City, MarylandStockholm
City population6,844984,748
People per km²735,260
Museums within 10 km0266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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.