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Where is the weather good in May?

In May the dry season begins in southern Africa, the Mediterranean warms up, and the monsoon has not yet reached most of South and Southeast Asia.

The best places for sunny, dry and pleasantly warm weather in May are Victoria Falls, Windhoek, Okavango Delta, Hurghada and Uluru. Of the 20 best destinations this month, 7 are in Africa and 6 in North Africa & Middle East.

World map of good-weather regions in mid-May: green is sunny, dry and pleasantly warm — Good-weather score in mid-May: green = sunny, dry and 22–30 °C, grey = too cold, too hot or too wet.

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Top 20 destinations for good weather in May

Averages for May across 2023–2025. Daily high = typical afternoon temperature, rainy days = days with at least 2 mm of rain.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Victoria Falls Zimbabwe	28 °C	0 of 31	11%	9.6
2	Windhoek Namibia	24 °C	0 of 31	13%	9.4
3	Okavango Delta Botswana	30 °C	0 of 31	13%	9.4
4	Hurghada Egypt	30 °C	0 of 31	9%	9.3
5	Uluru Australia	23 °C	1 of 31	18%	9.1
6	Agadir Morocco	23 °C	0 of 31	26%	9.1
7	Tel Aviv Israel	26 °C	1 of 31	24%	8.9
8	Kruger National Park South Africa	29 °C	1 of 31	26%	8.9
9	Dakar Senegal	29 °C	0 of 31	32%	8.9
10	Gran Canaria Spain	21 °C	0 of 31	26%	8.7
11	Sharm El Sheikh Egypt	31 °C	0 of 31	8%	8.7
12	Los Cabos Mexico	28 °C	0 of 31	38%	8.5
13	Marrakech Morocco	29 °C	1 of 31	35%	8.5
14	Djerba Tunisia	27 °C	2 of 31	32%	8.4
15	Cape Verde	23 °C	0 of 31	43%	8.4
16	Johannesburg South Africa	22 °C	3 of 31	20%	8.3
17	Las Vegas United States	27 °C	3 of 31	28%	8.2
18	Los Angeles United States	23 °C	1 of 31	42%	8.2
19	Algarve Portugal	26 °C	3 of 31	37%	8.0
20	Cyprus	26 °C	4 of 31	30%	7.9

Best pick per region in May

Africa: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – 28 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.6
East Asia: Beijing, China – 26 °C, 4 rainy days, score 7.2
Europe: Gran Canaria, Spain – 21 °C, 0 rainy days, score 8.7
Mexico, Central America & Caribbean: Los Cabos, Mexico – 28 °C, 0 rainy days, score 8.5
North Africa & Middle East: Hurghada, Egypt – 30 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.3
North America: Las Vegas, United States – 27 °C, 3 rainy days, score 8.2
Oceania & Pacific: Uluru, Australia – 23 °C, 1 rainy days, score 9.1
South America: Atacama Desert, Chile – 18 °C, 0 rainy days, score 7.2
South Asia: Mumbai, India – 33 °C, 6 rainy days, score 5.0
Southeast Asia: Lombok, Indonesia – 30 °C, 8 rainy days, score 6.0

Warm, but rainy season in May

These destinations are warm in May, but it rains often – check the details before you book.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Costa Rica	27 °C	29 of 31	82%	0.7
2	Medellín Colombia	24 °C	28 of 31	96%	0.2
3	Sri Lanka	30 °C	26 of 31	81%	0.7
4	Singapore	30 °C	25 of 31	83%	0.9
5	Panama City Panama	30 °C	25 of 31	86%	1.1
6	Kerala India	30 °C	24 of 31	85%	1.2
7	Langkawi Malaysia	31 °C	23 of 31	88%	0.9
8	Salvador da Bahia Brazil	28 °C	23 of 31	58%	2.0
9	Borneo (Kota Kinabalu) Malaysia	30 °C	23 of 31	89%	1.0
10	Chiang Mai Thailand	31 °C	23 of 31	67%	1.3

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How this works

The values come from the ERA5 climate reanalysis of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, averaged over 2023–2025 on a 0.5° grid (about 50 km). Model data describe a whole grid cell, so coasts, mountains and cities can differ from local conditions; for coastal places a mostly-sea cell is averaged with the neighbouring land cell. More about the data and the score.