Where to go in May
May brings early summer to southern Europe and Turkey, with long warm days before the peak season crowds. The Balkans, Portugal and Greece are ideal, while the monsoon rains begin in parts of Asia.
Great weather in May
Comfortable midday temperatures and few rainy days, based on last year's weather.
Europe 9
Santorini
24° / 18° · 3 rainy days
Lisbon
24° / 14° · 4 rainy days
Valencia
24° / 16° · 5 rainy days
Seville
28° / 16° · 5 rainy days
Valletta
24° / 18° · 5 rainy days
Rhodes
25° / 18° · 5 rainy days
Brussels
20° / 10° · 6 rainy days
Athens
26° / 16° · 6 rainy days
Rotterdam
19° / 10° · 6 rainy days
Türkiye & Caucasus 8
Baku
23° / 16° · 3 rainy days
Çeşme & Alaçatı
23° / 17° · 4 rainy days
Bodrum
25° / 17° · 4 rainy days
Gaziantep
28° / 16° · 4 rainy days
Kaş
25° / 17° · 4 rainy days
Antalya
27° / 15° · 5 rainy days
Izmir
27° / 16° · 6 rainy days
Marmaris
26° / 15° · 6 rainy days
Middle East 1
Africa 2
Americas 4
Also good in May
Hurghada
31° / 24° · No rainy days
Marrakech
31° / 16° · 3 rainy days
Las Vegas
33° / 18° · 3 rainy days
Samarkand
31° / 17° · 4 rainy days
Melbourne
17° / 9° · 6 rainy days
Bruges
18° / 10° · 7 rainy days
Granada
25° / 13° · 7 rainy days
the Algarve
23° / 14° · 7 rainy days
Beijing
27° / 15° · 8 rainy days
Nice
21° / 14° · 8 rainy days
Rome
24° / 13° · 8 rainy days
Naples
23° / 15° · 8 rainy days
London
20° / 10° · 8 rainy days
Montevideo
18° / 14° · 8 rainy days
Cape Town
20° / 12° · 8 rainy days
Fethiye
27° / 16° · 8 rainy days
Sicily
23° / 12° · 8 rainy days
Cusco
18° / 6° · 9 rainy days
Seoul
22° / 12° · 9 rainy days
Berlin
18° / 9° · 9 rainy days
Almaty
26° / 13° · 9 rainy days
Shanghai
26° / 18° · 9 rainy days
Lyon
22° / 11° · 9 rainy days
Ljubljana
20° / 9° · 9 rainy days
Paris
21° / 11° · 9 rainy days
Bursa
24° / 12° · 9 rainy days
Busan
20° / 13° · 9 rainy days
Provence
23° / 13° · 9 rainy days
Ankara
23° / 11° · 10 rainy days
Madrid
23° / 12° · 10 rainy days
Miami
30° / 25° · 10 rainy days
Cappadocia
25° / 9° · 10 rainy days
Porto
20° / 13° · 10 rainy days
the Albanian Riviera
23° / 13° · 10 rainy days
Split
22° / 13° · 11 rainy days
Seattle
18° / 10° · 11 rainy days
Buenos Aires
19° / 13° · 11 rainy days
Vienna
19° / 10° · 11 rainy days
Chicago
17° / 9° · 8 rainy days
Edinburgh
16° / 8° · 8 rainy days
Oslo
17° / 7° · 8 rainy days
Crete
17° / 9° · 8 rainy days
Cancún
31° / 25° · 8 rainy days
the Scottish Highlands
16° / 6° · 8 rainy days
Tenerife
15° / 6° · 8 rainy days
Bergen
15° / 6° · 10 rainy days
Havana
33° / 24° · 10 rainy days
Stockholm
14° / 6° · 11 rainy days
Copenhagen
15° / 9° · 11 rainy days
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