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Where to go in May

Well-known places at their most comfortable in the month you choose: mild days and little rain, from twenty years of weather averages. Typical weather, not a forecast, and never a place under a travel advisory.

57 of 85 well-known places suit May; the best 12 are shown. 24 are too hot, cold or wet that month. 4 more would suit it but are left out because of a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory.

Places for May

  1. Number 1

    Athens

    Greece

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 15°
    Rain in the month
    21 mm
    Open brief for Athens

  2. Number 2

    Honolulu

    United States

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 24°
    Rain in the month
    33 mm
    Open brief for Honolulu

  3. Number 3

    Los Angeles

    United States

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    27° / 10°
    Rain in the month
    8 mm
    Open brief for Los Angeles

  4. Number 4

    Seville

    Spain

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    27° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    31 mm
    Open brief for Seville

  5. Number 5

    Lisbon

    Portugal

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    20° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    34 mm
    Open brief for Lisbon

  6. Number 6

    Shimla

    India

    Comfort 99 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    22° / 9°
    Rain in the month
    41 mm
    Open brief for Shimla

  7. Number 7

    Lima

    Peru

    Comfort 98 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    20° / 18°
    Rain in the month
    1 mm
    Open brief for Lima

  8. Number 8

    Mexico City

    Mexico

    Comfort 97 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 9°
    Rain in the month
    55 mm
    Open brief for Mexico City

  9. Number 9

    Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 15°
    Rain in the month
    60 mm
    Open brief for Rio de Janeiro

  10. Number 10

    Rome

    Italy

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    23° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    57 mm
    Open brief for Rome

  11. Number 11

    Beijing

    China

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Warm

    Typical high / low
    29° / 12°
    Rain in the month
    38 mm
    Open brief for Beijing

  12. Number 12

    San Francisco

    United States

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    19° / 9°
    Rain in the month
    18 mm
    Open brief for San Francisco

Show all 57 places for May

Places are ranked by the same comfort rule as the Best time of year card: the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. A place is listed only when its month is comfortable (a comfort of 70 or more, about a mild day with little rain). It is a short list of well-known places, not every place; crowds, prices, humidity and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell. Not a forecast. A place under a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory is never listed.

NASA POWER climatology (public domain), 2001–2020. Read on 2026-10-08. Search for any other place above its brief to see its own best time of year.