Where to go
Where to go in May
Every place in the atlas, ranked by its May climate: comfortable temperatures, few wet days and clear skies score highest. Cape Verde has the month's top-scoring destination.
iTop ten
The best of May
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San Juan de Lurigancho
Lima region, Peru
22°high in May17°low0wet days
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Paita
Piura, Peru
25°high in May20°low20°sea
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Canary Islands, Spain
23°high in May17°low20°sea
iiThe full table
May, ranked
| # | Place | Country | High | Low | Rain | Sea | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antofagasta Antofagasta | Chile | 19° | 13° | 0 days | 17° | 100 |
| 2 | Lima Lima Province | Peru | 21° | 17° | 0 days | 19° | 99 |
| 3 | Walvis Bay Erongo Region | Namibia | 21° | 15° | 0 days | 15° | 99 |
| 4 | Moquegua Moquegua Department | Peru | 24° | 16° | 0 days | – | 99 |
| 5 | San Juan de Lurigancho Lima region | Peru | 22° | 17° | 0 days | – | 99 |
| 6 | Paita Piura | Peru | 25° | 20° | 1 day | 20° | 99 |
| 7 | Tupiza Potosí Department | Bolivia | 20° | 4° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 8 | Lusaka Lusaka Province | Zambia | 24° | 13° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 9 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Canary Islands | Spain | 23° | 17° | 1 day | 20° | 98 |
| 10 | Praia Praia | Cape Verde | 25° | 20° | 0 days | 24° | 98 |
| 11 | La Serena Coquimbo Region | Chile | 19° | 13° | 0 days | 15° | 98 |
| 12 | Iquique Tarapacá | Chile | 20° | 14° | 0 days | 19° | 98 |
| 13 | Suwayda Suwayda | Syria | 25° | 12° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 14 | Dakar Dakar | Senegal | 23° | 22° | 1 day | 22° | 98 |
| 15 | Windhoek Khomas Region | Namibia | 23° | 10° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 16 | Callao Callao | Peru | 20° | 17° | 0 days | 19° | 97 |
| 17 | Copiapó Atacama | Chile | 24° | 12° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 18 | San Juan San Juan | Argentina | 21° | 7° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 19 | Abha 'Asir Region | Saudi Arabia | 25° | 15° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 20 | Los Angeles California | United States | 76° | 56° | 2 days | – | 96 |
| 21 | Arequipa Arequipa | Peru | 20° | 9° | 2 days | – | 96 |
| 22 | Sanaa Amanat Alasimah | Yemen | 26° | 14° | 1 day | – | 95 |
| 23 | Casablanca Casablanca-Settat | Morocco | 23° | 16° | 3 days | 19° | 94 |
| 24 | Alexandria Alexandria | Egypt | 27° | 18° | 0 days | 21° | 93 |
iiiBeach
Beach weather in May
Beach scores add sea temperature and favour hot, settled days.
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4Santa Rosalía
Mexico
29°high
23°sea
100beach score
Beaches to swim at in May
At the towns with the best beach weather this month, with the sea temperature and the EU water quality on each beach's page.
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Shāţī Kūrāl
Beach · 7 m
Shāţī Kūrāl
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Cleopatra Beach
Beach · 13 m
Cleopatra Beach
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Barr Kawm ar Ramād
Beach · 1 m
Barr Kawm ar Ramād
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Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
Beach
Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
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Playa El Borrego
Beach
Playa El Borrego
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Al Ibrahimiyyah Beach
Beach · 9 m
Al Ibrahimiyyah BeachFestivals in May
The best-known festivals held this month, with their town.
- Cannes Film FestivalFilm festivalCannes, France
- Venice BiennaleArts festival · May–NovVenice, Italy
- Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and WakeTraditional festivalBrockworth, United Kingdom
- Seville FairTraditional festival · Apr–MaySeville, Spain
- Chelsea Flower ShowArts festivalCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalMusic festival · Apr–MayNew Orleans, United States
- Courtyards Festival of CórdobaTraditional festivalCórdoba, Spain
- Romería de El RocíoReligious festival · May–JunEl Rocío, Spain
- Hay FestivalArts festival · May–JunHay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
- Brighton FestivalArts festivalBrighton, United Kingdom
- Aoi MatsuriKyoto, Japan
- Directors' FortnightFilm festivalCannes, France
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
ivBy country