Where to Go in May: Best Weather Destinations

These are the destinations with the most comfortable weather in May, ranked by our comfort score, which balances temperature, rainfall, humidity and cloud cover. Looking for heat? Tashkent, Cabo San Lucas, Asmara are reliably warm and dry in May.

Top 25 destinations in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Tashkent Uzbekistan	28°C	33 mm	Excellent 10
Cabo San Lucas Mexico	28°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Asmara Eritrea	28°C	30 mm	Excellent 10
Lusaka Zambia	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Antalya Turkey	27°C	44 mm	Excellent 10
Valencia Spain	26°C	34 mm	Excellent 10
Gaborone Botswana	26°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
Larnaca Cyprus	26°C	10 mm	Excellent 10
Algiers Algeria	26°C	44 mm	Excellent 10
Beirut Lebanon	26°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Lima Peru	26°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Catania Italy	26°C	22 mm	Excellent 10
Tunis Tunisia	26°C	37 mm	Excellent 10
Paphos Cyprus	25°C	14 mm	Excellent 10
Athens Greece	25°C	21 mm	Excellent 10
Izmir Turkey	25°C	27 mm	Excellent 10
Los Angeles, California United States	25°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
Windhoek Namibia	24°C	7 mm	Excellent 10
Harare Zimbabwe	24°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Tripoli Libya	24°C	16 mm	Excellent 10
Barcelona Spain	24°C	46 mm	Excellent 10
Bodrum Turkey	24°C	24 mm	Excellent 10
Madrid Spain	24°C	38 mm	Excellent 10
Pretoria South Africa	24°C	14 mm	Excellent 10
Rabat Morocco	24°C	17 mm	Excellent 10

Warm and dry in May (27°C+)

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Tashkent Uzbekistan	28°C	33 mm	Excellent 10
Cabo San Lucas Mexico	28°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Asmara Eritrea	28°C	30 mm	Excellent 10
Lusaka Zambia	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Nicosia Cyprus	28°C	11 mm	Excellent 9.9
Maputo Mozambique	28°C	28 mm	Excellent 9.8
Sanaa Yemen	29°C	4 mm	Excellent 9.7
Fes Morocco	29°C	35 mm	Excellent 9.6
Seville Spain	29°C	26 mm	Excellent 9.6
Dodoma Tanzania	29°C	17 mm	Excellent 9.5
Dushanbe Tajikistan	29°C	36 mm	Excellent 9.4
Mamoudzou Mayotte	28°C	29 mm	Excellent 9.4
Victoria Falls Zimbabwe	29°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.3
Beijing China	29°C	39 mm	Excellent 9.3
Tehran Iran	29°C	18 mm	Excellent 9.2
Damascus Syria	30°C	7 mm	Excellent 8.9
Ashgabat Turkmenistan	30°C	37 mm	Excellent 8.9
Banjul Gambia	27°C	4 mm	Excellent 8.8
Amman Jordan	30°C	4 mm	Excellent 8.7
Saipan Northern Mariana Islands	27°C	48 mm	Excellent 8.7

Best in Europe in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Valencia Spain	26°C	34 mm	Excellent 10
Larnaca Cyprus	26°C	10 mm	Excellent 10
Catania Italy	26°C	22 mm	Excellent 10
Paphos Cyprus	25°C	14 mm	Excellent 10
Athens Greece	25°C	21 mm	Excellent 10
Barcelona Spain	24°C	46 mm	Excellent 10
Madrid Spain	24°C	38 mm	Excellent 10
Granada Spain	24°C	23 mm	Excellent 10
Palermo Italy	24°C	40 mm	Excellent 10
Rhodes Greece	24°C	23 mm	Excellent 10

Best in Asia in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Tashkent Uzbekistan	28°C	33 mm	Excellent 10
Antalya Turkey	27°C	44 mm	Excellent 10
Beirut Lebanon	26°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Izmir Turkey	25°C	27 mm	Excellent 10
Bodrum Turkey	24°C	24 mm	Excellent 10
Istanbul Turkey	21°C	38 mm	Excellent 10
Astana Kazakhstan	20°C	37 mm	Excellent 10
Baku Azerbaijan	20°C	12 mm	Excellent 9.9
Kabul Afghanistan	26°C	67 mm	Excellent 9.8
Sanaa Yemen	29°C	4 mm	Excellent 9.7

Best in Africa in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Asmara Eritrea	28°C	30 mm	Excellent 10
Lusaka Zambia	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Gaborone Botswana	26°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
Algiers Algeria	26°C	44 mm	Excellent 10
Tunis Tunisia	26°C	37 mm	Excellent 10
Windhoek Namibia	24°C	7 mm	Excellent 10
Harare Zimbabwe	24°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Tripoli Libya	24°C	16 mm	Excellent 10
Pretoria South Africa	24°C	14 mm	Excellent 10
Rabat Morocco	24°C	17 mm	Excellent 10

Best in North America in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Cabo San Lucas Mexico	28°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Los Angeles, California United States	25°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
San Diego, California United States	24°C	8 mm	Excellent 9.7
San Francisco, California United States	19°C	18 mm	Excellent 9.7
Denver, Colorado United States	23°C	65 mm	Excellent 9.3
Honolulu, Hawaii United States	26°C	44 mm	Excellent 8.9
Bridgetown Barbados	28°C	49 mm	Excellent 8.4
Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28°C	40 mm	Excellent 8.3
Willemstad Curacao	28°C	15 mm	Excellent 8.3
Kralendijk Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	28°C	19 mm	Excellent 8.3

Best in South America in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Lima Peru	26°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Sucre Bolivia	21°C	12 mm	Excellent 10
Brasilia Brazil	27°C	21 mm	Excellent 9.9
Santiago Chile	22°C	28 mm	Excellent 9.9
Mendoza Argentina	20°C	13 mm	Excellent 9.9
Sao Paulo Brazil	23°C	60 mm	Excellent 9.8
Cusco Peru	17°C	8 mm	Excellent 9
Buenos Aires Argentina	17°C	67 mm	Excellent 8.9
Caracas Venezuela	28°C	55 mm	Excellent 8.5
Rio de Janeiro Brazil	25°C	61 mm	Excellent 8.5

Best in Oceania in May

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Sydney Australia	20°C	43 mm	Excellent 9.9
Perth Australia	21°C	73 mm	Excellent 9.5
Gold Coast Australia	23°C	74 mm	Excellent 9.3
Kingston Norfolk Island	21°C	72 mm	Excellent 9.1
Adelaide Australia	19°C	49 mm	Excellent 9.1
Brisbane Australia	23°C	78 mm	Excellent 8.8
Saipan Northern Mariana Islands	27°C	48 mm	Excellent 8.7
Darwin Australia	31°C	19 mm	Excellent 8.5
Canberra Australia	16°C	35 mm	Excellent 8.4
Melbourne Australia	17°C	62 mm	Good 7.9

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