Where to travel in May: weather by city

Compare daytime highs, nighttime lows, precipitation and daylight. Open a city guide to explore weather through the month and choose clothes for walking.

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City weather in May

2015–2024 averages. Values refer to the listed cities.
City	Country or territory	Daytime high	Nighttime low	Precipitation	Days with at least 1 mm	Daylight
Singapore	Singapore	30.7 °C	26.6 °C	272.4 mm	28.8	12.2 h
New York City	United States	17.1 °C	11.7 °C	113.8 mm	12.0	14.4 h
London	United Kingdom	17.4 °C	7.4 °C	50.9 mm	11.0	15.6 h
Paris	France	19.2 °C	8.3 °C	71.7 mm	12.5	15.3 h
Berlin	Germany	19.4 °C	8.3 °C	35.2 mm	9.3	15.7 h
Chicago	United States	15.8 °C	9.6 °C	113.7 mm	13.8	14.5 h
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	28.9 °C	24.5 °C	276.4 mm	21.4	13.2 h
Sydney	Australia	19.7 °C	15.0 °C	34.2 mm	6.6	10.4 h
Washington	United States	22.9 °C	12.8 °C	110.3 mm	13.3	14.3 h
Amsterdam	The Netherlands	16.6 °C	9.5 °C	58.1 mm	11.1	15.7 h
Tokyo	Japan	23.3 °C	14.7 °C	157.0 mm	12.5	14.0 h
Istanbul	Turkey	21.0 °C	13.9 °C	45.7 mm	8.1	14.5 h
Vienna	Austria	19.2 °C	8.7 °C	94.5 mm	16.4	15.2 h
Bangkok	Thailand	34.7 °C	26.5 °C	156.6 mm	21.3	12.8 h
Budapest	Hungary	21.3 °C	10.1 °C	69.2 mm	12.8	15.1 h
San Francisco	United States	19.4 °C	10.1 °C	15.2 mm	2.3	14.2 h
Stockholm	Sweden	15.0 °C	6.0 °C	54.2 mm	8.4	17.0 h
Helsinki	Finland	11.6 °C	6.8 °C	42.3 mm	7.0	17.2 h
Madrid	Spain	23.6 °C	9.1 °C	33.4 mm	6.3	14.4 h
Delhi	India	41.9 °C	26.8 °C	37.2 mm	5.4	13.6 h
Munich	Germany	17.3 °C	7.7 °C	151.7 mm	19.9	15.2 h
Copenhagen	Denmark	14.9 °C	8.2 °C	34.1 mm	9.9	16.2 h
Mexico City	Mexico	26.7 °C	10.6 °C	58.4 mm	15.2	13.0 h
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	35.2 °C	26.9 °C	10.2 mm	0.9	13.4 h
Lisbon	Portugal	19.7 °C	15.1 °C	27.4 mm	4.6	14.3 h
Saint Petersburg	Russia	14.7 °C	6.0 °C	59.1 mm	12.5	17.1 h
Melbourne	Australia	16.4 °C	9.5 °C	62.8 mm	12.5	10.1 h
Barcelona	Spain	23.3 °C	12.8 °C	43.8 mm	7.9	14.5 h
Venice	Italy	21.0 °C	15.2 °C	109.1 mm	14.3	14.9 h
Oslo	Norway	14.5 °C	5.0 °C	74.4 mm	13.1	17.1 h
Cape Town	South Africa	18.0 °C	15.1 °C	65.5 mm	8.6	10.4 h
Dublin	Ireland	14.1 °C	8.4 °C	61.9 mm	12.1	15.9 h
Buenos Aires	Argentina	17.4 °C	13.2 °C	69.9 mm	6.0	10.3 h
Seattle	United States	18.0 °C	8.7 °C	61.3 mm	11.7	15.1 h
Vancouver	Canada	16.4 °C	10.5 °C	56.0 mm	12.1	15.3 h
Hamburg	Germany	17.9 °C	7.8 °C	57.9 mm	11.6	15.9 h
Rome	Italy	23.5 °C	13.0 °C	52.6 mm	10.9	14.5 h
Moscow	Russia	16.3 °C	6.2 °C	89.3 mm	12.8	16.2 h
Manchester	United Kingdom	15.3 °C	6.9 °C	66.4 mm	14.0	15.9 h
Jakarta	Indonesia	30.0 °C	26.4 °C	131.8 mm	23.7	11.8 h
Las Vegas	United States	31.6 °C	15.5 °C	5.7 mm	1.5	14.1 h
Milan	Italy	21.8 °C	12.3 °C	137.9 mm	17.8	14.9 h
Los Angeles	United States	22.7 °C	11.9 °C	9.9 mm	2.0	13.9 h
Ottawa	Canada	18.9 °C	6.5 °C	76.1 mm	11.5	14.9 h
Boston	United States	19.2 °C	8.5 °C	76.3 mm	10.9	14.6 h
Quebec City	Canada	15.4 °C	4.4 °C	97.6 mm	15.6	15.0 h
Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	34.9 °C	26.1 °C	162.9 mm	19.5	12.6 h
Lyon	France	19.2 °C	8.6 °C	89.7 mm	13.2	14.9 h
Hanoi	Vietnam	32.0 °C	24.0 °C	172.7 mm	20.3	13.1 h
Prague	Czechia	18.7 °C	7.7 °C	66.8 mm	13.5	15.4 h
Guangzhou	China	30.9 °C	23.2 °C	316.9 mm	20.9	13.2 h
Cologne	Germany	18.7 °C	8.1 °C	62.7 mm	12.1	15.5 h
Macau	Macao	27.2 °C	26.1 °C	381.6 mm	21.8	13.2 h
Beijing	China	29.0 °C	12.8 °C	37.7 mm	6.9	14.4 h
Glasgow	United Kingdom	13.5 °C	6.1 °C	85.1 mm	17.1	16.3 h
Montreal	Canada	18.7 °C	7.7 °C	67.0 mm	11.6	14.9 h
Nairobi	Kenya	26.3 °C	14.4 °C	53.6 mm	12.1	12.1 h
Toronto	Canada	15.8 °C	8.4 °C	54.0 mm	12.8	14.7 h
Kyoto	Japan	22.2 °C	12.0 °C	160.8 mm	11.1	14.0 h
Seoul	South Korea	21.8 °C	11.1 °C	92.0 mm	8.0	14.2 h
Brussels	Belgium	18.7 °C	8.2 °C	59.7 mm	11.2	15.5 h
Tallinn	Estonia	13.0 °C	6.6 °C	38.6 mm	7.9	17.0 h
Krakow	Poland	18.4 °C	8.1 °C	91.7 mm	15.1	15.4 h
Naples	Italy	22.6 °C	13.1 °C	56.9 mm	9.9	14.4 h
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	24.9 °C	12.1 °C	98.8 mm	16.4	12.5 h
Shanghai	China	25.5 °C	16.8 °C	126.5 mm	12.4	13.7 h
Athens	Greece	25.2 °C	15.5 °C	18.5 mm	4.7	14.2 h
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	25.2 °C	20.3 °C	66.9 mm	8.6	11.0 h
Zurich	Switzerland	17.4 °C	8.4 °C	160.2 mm	19.0	15.1 h
Geneva	Switzerland	16.6 °C	7.6 °C	120.3 mm	16.8	15.0 h
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	30.3 °C	23.8 °C	209.0 mm	25.5	12.3 h
Warsaw	Poland	19.3 °C	8.2 °C	61.7 mm	11.0	15.7 h
Hiroshima	Japan	22.2 °C	11.4 °C	145.0 mm	9.7	13.9 h
Canberra	Australia	14.6 °C	4.4 °C	33.1 mm	6.7	10.3 h
Chiang Mai	Thailand	32.3 °C	21.8 °C	179.5 mm	20.4	13.0 h
Mumbai	India	38.2 °C	26.6 °C	45.8 mm	4.1	13.0 h
Tel Aviv	Israel	29.3 °C	16.2 °C	3.0 mm	0.9	13.8 h
Ljubljana	Slovenia	18.4 °C	8.3 °C	143.0 mm	19.1	14.9 h
Dresden	Germany	17.9 °C	7.6 °C	52.6 mm	12.1	15.5 h
Frankfurt	Germany	19.6 °C	8.5 °C	61.6 mm	11.7	15.4 h
Gothenburg	Sweden	14.2 °C	8.7 °C	63.5 mm	11.7	16.6 h
Baku	Azerbaijan	19.5 °C	15.0 °C	19.1 mm	4.2	14.4 h
Perth	Australia	21.1 °C	15.9 °C	53.1 mm	7.3	10.5 h
Calgary	Canada	15.8 °C	2.7 °C	78.4 mm	14.5	15.5 h
Kyiv	Ukraine	19.7 °C	9.0 °C	70.0 mm	12.7	15.4 h
Bucharest	Romania	23.4 °C	11.4 °C	60.1 mm	13.1	14.8 h
Turku	Finland	14.9 °C	4.7 °C	43.6 mm	7.6	17.2 h
Florence	Italy	19.8 °C	9.6 °C	69.5 mm	12.1	14.7 h
Porto	Portugal	20.1 °C	13.1 °C	65.6 mm	9.8	14.5 h
Seville	Spain	28.7 °C	13.3 °C	28.7 mm	4.2	14.2 h
Bergen	Norway	11.8 °C	5.0 °C	131.9 mm	17.0	17.2 h
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	34.7 °C	27.4 °C	7.4 mm	0.4	13.3 h
Malaga	Spain	21.0 °C	16.5 °C	30.0 mm	5.2	14.1 h
Antalya	Turkey	25.8 °C	14.5 °C	45.4 mm	8.8	14.1 h
Hurghada	Egypt	31.6 °C	23.7 °C	0.2 mm	0.1	13.5 h
Funchal	Portugal	20.0 °C	17.4 °C	14.6 mm	3.3	13.8 h
Sharm El Sheikh	Egypt	34.4 °C	24.3 °C	0.3 mm	0.1	13.5 h
Larnaca	Cyprus	26.3 °C	19.6 °C	8.0 mm	2.1	14.0 h
Paphos	Cyprus	24.7 °C	17.3 °C	12.0 mm	3.2	14.0 h
Puerto de la Cruz	Spain	21.1 °C	18.1 °C	6.2 mm	0.7	13.5 h

Countries and territories

Singapore — 1 destinations
United States — 8 destinations
United Kingdom — 3 destinations
France — 2 destinations
Germany — 6 destinations
Hong Kong — 1 destinations
Australia — 4 destinations
The Netherlands — 1 destinations
Japan — 3 destinations
Turkey — 2 destinations
Austria — 1 destinations
Thailand — 2 destinations
Hungary — 1 destinations
Sweden — 2 destinations
Finland — 2 destinations
Spain — 5 destinations
India — 2 destinations
Denmark — 1 destinations
Mexico — 1 destinations
United Arab Emirates — 2 destinations
Portugal — 3 destinations
Russia — 2 destinations
Italy — 5 destinations
Norway — 2 destinations
South Africa — 1 destinations
Ireland — 1 destinations
Argentina — 1 destinations
Canada — 6 destinations
Indonesia — 1 destinations
Vietnam — 2 destinations
Czechia — 1 destinations
China — 3 destinations
Macao — 1 destinations
Kenya — 1 destinations
South Korea — 1 destinations
Belgium — 1 destinations
Estonia — 1 destinations
Poland — 2 destinations
Ethiopia — 1 destinations
Greece — 1 destinations
Brazil — 1 destinations
Switzerland — 2 destinations
Malaysia — 1 destinations
Israel — 1 destinations
Slovenia — 1 destinations
Azerbaijan — 1 destinations
Ukraine — 1 destinations
Romania — 1 destinations
Egypt — 2 destinations
Cyprus — 2 destinations

Cities with daytime temperatures closest to 21 °C

2015–2024 averages. Values refer to the listed cities.
City	Country or territory	Daytime high	Nighttime low	Precipitation	Days with at least 1 mm	Daylight
Malaga	Spain	21.0 °C	16.5 °C	30.0 mm	5.2	14.1 h
Istanbul	Turkey	21.0 °C	13.9 °C	45.7 mm	8.1	14.5 h
Venice	Italy	21.0 °C	15.2 °C	109.1 mm	14.3	14.9 h
Puerto de la Cruz	Spain	21.1 °C	18.1 °C	6.2 mm	0.7	13.5 h
Perth	Australia	21.1 °C	15.9 °C	53.1 mm	7.3	10.5 h
Budapest	Hungary	21.3 °C	10.1 °C	69.2 mm	12.8	15.1 h
Seoul	South Korea	21.8 °C	11.1 °C	92.0 mm	8.0	14.2 h
Milan	Italy	21.8 °C	12.3 °C	137.9 mm	17.8	14.9 h

Frequently asked questions

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