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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 skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Ocean City, Maryland or The Hague?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose The Hague for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Ocean City, Maryland 40, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Ocean City, Maryland 14, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Ocean City, Maryland 45, The Hague 38: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocean City, Maryland 50, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Ocean City, Maryland 42, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Ocean City, Maryland 78, The Hague 72: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ocean City, Maryland 34, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Ocean City, Maryland 24, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Ocean City, Maryland 40, The Hague 35: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocean City, Maryland 18, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocean City, Maryland 22, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocean City, Maryland and The Hague.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcean City, MarylandThe Hague
Official language-Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m1 m
Main airportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcean City, MarylandThe Hague
City population6,844548,320
People per km²735,589
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.