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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 7 well-known places suit May. 1 is too hot, cold or wet that month.

Places for May

  1. Number 1

    Lima

    Peru

    Comfort 98 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    20° / 18°
    Rain in the month
    1 mm
    Open brief for Lima

  2. Number 2

    Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 15°
    Rain in the month
    60 mm
    Open brief for Rio de Janeiro

  3. Number 3

    Santiago

    Chile

    Comfort 91 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    18° / 6°
    Rain in the month
    41 mm
    Open brief for Santiago

  4. Number 4

    Quito

    Ecuador

    Comfort 87 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    23° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    122 mm
    Open brief for Quito

  5. Number 5

    Buenos Aires

    Argentina

    Comfort 86 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    17° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    74 mm
    Open brief for Buenos Aires

  6. Number 6

    Cusco

    Peru

    Comfort 80 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    13° / 3°
    Rain in the month
    9 mm
    Open brief for Cusco

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.