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Where to go in May

Well-known places at their most comfortable in the month you choose: mild days and little rain, from twenty years of weather averages. Typical weather, not a forecast, and never a place under a travel advisory.

6 of 6 well-known places suit May.

Places for May

  1. Number 1

    Sydney

    Australia

    Comfort 95 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    19° / 12°
    Rain in the month
    54 mm
    Open brief for Sydney

  2. Number 2

    Cairns

    Australia

    Comfort 93 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 22°
    Rain in the month
    82 mm
    Open brief for Cairns

  3. Number 3

    Papeete

    French Polynesia

    Comfort 92 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    28° / 27°
    Rain in the month
    88 mm
    Open brief for Papeete

  4. Number 4

    Nadi

    Fiji

    Comfort 89 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    28° / 25°
    Rain in the month
    110 mm
    Open brief for Nadi

  5. Number 5

    Auckland

    New Zealand

    Comfort 82 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    17° / 14°
    Rain in the month
    105 mm
    Open brief for Auckland

  6. Number 6

    Melbourne

    Australia

    Comfort 82 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    15° / 6°
    Rain in the month
    51 mm
    Open brief for Melbourne

Places are ranked by the same comfort rule as the Best time of year card: the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. A place is listed only when its month is comfortable (a comfort of 70 or more, about a mild day with little rain). It is a short list of well-known places, not every place; crowds, prices, humidity and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell. Not a forecast. A place under a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory is never listed.

NASA POWER climatology (public domain), 2001–2020. Read on 2026-10-08. Search for any other place above its brief to see its own best time of year.