Where is it warm in May?

Warm enough for shirtsleeves, without the punishing heat. Ranked from 362 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	Beijing, China	28°C	14°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
2	Athens, Greece	26°C	15°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
3	Madrid, Spain	24°C	11°C	1.1 mm/day	Excellent
4	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	26°C	18°C	1.7 mm/day	Excellent
5	Jerusalem, Israel	28°C	15°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
6	Los Angeles, United States	24°C	13°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
7	Mexico City, Mexico	27°C	12°C	1.8 mm/day	Excellent
8	Seville, Spain	27°C	15°C	1.2 mm/day	Excellent
9	Alexandria, Egypt	27°C	18°C	0.0 mm/day	Excellent
10	Lima, Peru	22°C	16°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
11	Dakar, Senegal	28°C	21°C	0.0 mm/day	Excellent
12	Xi'an, China	26°C	14°C	2.1 mm/day	Excellent
13	Tunis, Tunisia	25°C	16°C	0.9 mm/day	Excellent
14	İzmir, Turkey	26°C	14°C	1.6 mm/day	Excellent
15	Casablanca, Morocco	24°C	14°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
16	Catania, Italy	25°C	15°C	1.0 mm/day	Excellent
17	Antalya, Turkey	27°C	15°C	1.2 mm/day	Excellent
18	Honolulu, United States	26°C	22°C	1.6 mm/day	Excellent
19	Heraklion, Greece	24°C	14°C	0.9 mm/day	Excellent
20	Larnaca, Cyprus	28°C	18°C	0.8 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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