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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.

4 of 5 well-known places suit May. 1 more would suit it but is left out because of a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory.

Places for May

  1. Number 1

    Nairobi

    Kenya

    Comfort 92 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    87 mm
    Open brief for Nairobi

  2. Number 2

    Cape Town

    South Africa

    Comfort 92 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    18° / 14°
    Rain in the month
    49 mm
    Open brief for Cape Town

  3. Number 3

    Marrakesh

    Morocco

    Comfort 92 out of 100

    Warm

    Typical high / low
    30° / 14°
    Rain in the month
    16 mm
    Open brief for Marrakesh

  4. Number 4

    Cairo

    Egypt

    Comfort 72 out of 100

    Hot

    Typical high / low
    35° / 17°
    Rain in the month
    1 mm
    Open brief for Cairo

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.