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28.0 °C≈ 10h30 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.6/10Guide
Climate study · 10 years of data · 2026-2027
Where to go in May
Saturday 1 May 2027 to Monday 31 May 2027, 31 days.
Ranked day by day over 2016-2025 where daily records exist, otherwise on monthly averages.
Great place, wrong dates
Luang PrabangExcellent in December (8.8/10), but 14.0 rainy days out of 31 on these dates.
Top 25 · General weather · May
636 of 686 destinations analysed match your criteria.
2
27.0 °C≈ 10h20 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.5/10Guide
3
30.0 °CSea 23.6 °C · ≈ 11h40 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.4/10Guide
4
27.0 °CSea 22.4 °C · ≈ 4h35 flight
≈ 2.2 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.4/10Guide
5
30.0 °CSea 23.2 °C · ≈ 11h30 flight
≈ 0.6 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.4/10Guide
6
28.0 °CSea 27.9 °C · ≈ 6h00 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.3/10Guide
7
27.2 °CSea 22.0 °C · ≈ 3h15 flight
Nearly dry 9 years out of 10 · 1.2 rainy days out of 31
9.3/10Guide
8
29.0 °C≈ 10h10 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.3/10Guide
9
31.1 °CSea 24.3 °C · ≈ 5h20 flight
Nearly dry 10 years out of 10 · 0.1 rainy days out of 31
9.3/10Guide
10
32.2 °CSea 25.8 °C · ≈ 5h40 flight
Nearly dry 10 years out of 10 · 0.2 rainy days out of 31
9.3/10Guide
11
31.0 °C≈ 3h30 flight
≈ 0.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.3/10Guide
12
29.0 °CSea 27.6 °C · ≈ 11h35 flight
≈ 0.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.3/10Guide
13
28.0 °C≈ 2h40 flight
Nearly dry 6 years out of 10 · 4.3 rainy days out of 31
9.3/10Guide
14
31.5 °C≈ 10h40 flight
Nearly dry 9 years out of 10 · 1.3 rainy days out of 31
9.2/10Guide
15
27.0 °C≈ 10h35 flight
≈ 1.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.2/10Guide
16
27.0 °C≈ 10h20 flight
≈ 0.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.2/10Guide
17
28.0 °C≈ 2h35 flight
≈ 5.0 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
18
25.0 °CSea 23.4 °C · ≈ 5h55 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
19
26.4 °CSea 20.6 °C · ≈ 4h05 flight
Nearly dry 6 years out of 10 · 3.5 rainy days out of 31
9.1/10Guide
20
27.0 °CSea 29.3 °C · ≈ 9h25 flight
≈ 6.2 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
21
30.4 °C≈ 3h30 flight
Nearly dry 9 years out of 10 · 1.6 rainy days out of 31
9.1/10Guide
22
24.0 °CSea 20.4 °C · ≈ 4h30 flight
≈ 3.1 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
23
29.0 °C≈ 6h20 flight
≈ 3.4 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.0/10Guide
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25.4 °CSea 19.1 °C · ≈ 3h55 flight
Nearly dry 9 years out of 10 · 1.9 rainy days out of 31
9.0/10Guide
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28.2 °C≈ 3h05 flight
Nearly dry 5 years out of 10 · 4.7 rainy days out of 31
9.0/10Guide
Nearly dry (at most 4 rainy days)5 to 8 daysMore than 8 daysOne square per year (2016 to 2025)No squares: monthly average (daily records still being collected)
Depending on your plans
The best destinations for these dates, by type of trip (departure city, flight, budget and safety taken into account).
🏖️ Beach
- Banjul28 °C · 0% rain · 9.2
- Darwin31 °C · 5% rain · 9.2
- Puerto Vallarta29 °C · 3% rain · 9.2
- Labuan Bajo30 °C · 17% rain · 9.0
- Komodo30 °C · 14% rain · 8.9
⛷️ Skiing
- Tignes-1/5 °C · 6.4
- Valle Nevado-2/5 °C · 6.4
- Dolomites-5/4 °C · 6.3
- Shahdag-2/6 °C · 6.0
- Portillo-1/6 °C · 5.8
🥾 Hiking
- Maseru18 °C · 10% rain · 8.9
- Mbabane21 °C · 13% rain · 8.8
- Asmara24 °C · 16% rain · 8.5
- Lake Tahoe15 °C · 18% rain · 8.4
- Steamboat Springs16 °C · 22% rain · 8.4
By region · May
The best destinations in each region for these dates (budget and safety taken into account, no flight limit).
Europe
North Africa
- Djerba27 °C · 4% rain · 9.3
- Hurghada31 °C · 0% rain · 9.3
- Marsa Alam32 °C · 1% rain · 9.3
- Ouarzazate31 °C · 3% rain · 9.3
Africa and Indian Ocean
- Maun28 °C · 1% rain · 9.6
- Livingstone27 °C · 1% rain · 9.5
- Banjul28 °C · 0% rain · 9.3
- Etosha29 °C · 1% rain · 9.3
Atlantic islands
- Gran Canaria24 °C · 5% rain · 9.0
- La Gomera24 °C · 1% rain · 9.0
- Fuerteventura23 °C · 4% rain · 8.9
- Sal26 °C · 1% rain · 8.9
North America
- Cabo San Lucas30 °C · 1% rain · 9.4
- Loreto30 °C · 2% rain · 9.4
- Puerto Vallarta29 °C · 3% rain · 9.3
- Las Vegas32 °C · 4% rain · 9.2
Caribbean
- Saint Barthélemy27 °C · 17% rain · 8.8
- Dominica28 °C · 18% rain · 8.7
- Barbados28 °C · 20% rain · 8.6
- Nassau28 °C · 32% rain · 8.5
South America
- Chapada Diamantina26 °C · 22% rain · 8.2
- Rio de Janeiro26 °C · 19% rain · 8.2
- Asunción24 °C · 23% rain · 8.1
- Iguazú25 °C · 26% rain · 8.1
Asia
- Beijing28 °C · 12% rain · 9.0
- Xi'an28 °C · 16% rain · 8.7
- Nusa Penida27 °C · 23% rain · 8.3
- Kunming26 °C · 27% rain · 8.2
Middle East
Best avoided · May
The least favourable destinations for these dates, out of 686 analysed (mountain resorts excluded: see the skiing ranking).
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)5 °C · 34% rain · 1.1
- Jaisalmer (India)41 °C · 4% rain · 2.2
- Jaipur (India)39 °C · 6% rain · 2.3
- Jodhpur (India)40 °C · 5% rain · 2.3
- Agra (India)39 °C · 8% rain · 2.4
- Khartoum (Sudan)41 °C · 2% rain · 2.5
- Varanasi (India)39 °C · 9% rain · 2.7
- Fujairah (UAE)39 °C · 5% rain · 2.8
Other rankings
How this ranking is calculated
- BestDateWeather score (general, beach, skiing or hiking): the score of the months concerned, weighted by the number of days of your trip in each month.
- Rain: where daily records exist, your exact dates are replayed on each year from 2016 to 2025 (ERA5 reanalysis, threshold adjusted to 318 weather stations). Otherwise, the calculation uses the share of rainy days in the month.
- "Nearly dry": at most one rainy day per week of travel, on average.
Good to know
- Ten seasons is a short record: "8 years out of 10" means "most of the time", not "guaranteed".
- Flight time estimated from distance (45 min + distance at 850 km/h) for a direct flight. With a stopover, allow longer.
- Temperatures come from the ERA5 reanalysis: on small islands they can be 1 to 2 °C below coastal station readings.