Where is it sunny in May?

The most sunshine you can get this month. Ranked from 393 travel destinations using ERA5 climate averages — what May is normally like, not what the weather will do next week.

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Top 20 by May weather

Day and night temperatures are monthly averages of daily highs and lows. Rain is an average across the whole month. Places with the same rating have equally good weather for this; among them, the one covered by more language editions of Wikivoyage, the open travel guide, is listed first. The bar under each place shows its other good months — click one to jump there.
#	Place	Day	Night	Rain	Rating
1	Paris, France	20°C	10°C	2.6 mm/day	Excellent
2	London, United Kingdom	18°C	9°C	1.5 mm/day	Excellent
3	Berlin, Germany	20°C	11°C	1.1 mm/day	Excellent
4	Prague, Czechia	20°C	10°C	2.5 mm/day	Excellent
5	Lisbon, Portugal	21°C	14°C	1.6 mm/day	Excellent
6	Rome, Italy	22°C	13°C	2.6 mm/day	Excellent
7	Beijing, China	28°C	14°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
8	Vienna, Austria	21°C	11°C	2.5 mm/day	Excellent
9	Istanbul, Turkey	20°C	13°C	1.5 mm/day	Excellent
10	Athens, Greece	26°C	15°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
11	Budapest, Hungary	21°C	11°C	1.7 mm/day	Excellent
12	Madrid, Spain	24°C	11°C	1.1 mm/day	Excellent
13	Warsaw, Poland	20°C	10°C	1.9 mm/day	Excellent
14	Amsterdam, Netherlands	17°C	11°C	2.0 mm/day	Excellent
15	Barcelona, Spain	21°C	13°C	1.5 mm/day	Excellent
16	Jerusalem, Israel	28°C	15°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
17	Bucharest, Romania	23°C	12°C	1.7 mm/day	Excellent
18	Hamburg, Germany	19°C	10°C	1.9 mm/day	Excellent
19	Kraków, Poland	19°C	9°C	2.1 mm/day	Excellent
20	Baku, Azerbaijan	21°C	15°C	0.7 mm/day	Excellent

What this ranking does and does not tell you

It rates the weather only — daytime and night temperature, rain and sunshine. It says nothing about what there is to see or do, prices, crowds or safety; that part of the decision is yours.

The candidates are 503 established travel destinations, not every town on Earth, so a place missing here may simply not be on the list.

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