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Travel by MonthMay

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Where to go in May

Highlighted on the map: destinations whose May climate normals score at least 72% on a warm-and-dry preference, plus editorial best-month picks where no station data exists.

Best weather

Destination	Avg high	Rain	Comfort	From / day
Athens Greece	26°C	23 mm	100%	$64
Marrakech Morocco	29°C	10 mm	100%	$37
Mexico City Mexico	26°C	56 mm	100%	$43
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje) Tanzania	29°C	29 mm	100%	$43
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain	24°C	1 mm	97%	$65
Rio de Janeiro Brazil	26°C	86 mm	96%	$45
Split Croatia	22°C	55 mm	90%	$70
Budapest Hungary	22°C	62 mm	90%	$54
Seoul South Korea	24°C	104 mm	89%	$52
Kathmandu Nepal	28°C	114 mm	89%	$23
Bali (Canggu and Ubud) Indonesia · editorial pick	33°C	93 mm	—	$35
Barcelona Spain · editorial pick	21°C	47 mm	—	$76
Buenos Aires Argentina · editorial pick	19°C	92 mm	—	$40
Cusco Peru · editorial pick	20°C	9 mm	—	$38
Da Nang Vietnam · editorial pick	33°C	71 mm	—	$27
Funchal (Madeira) Portugal · editorial pick	21°C	19 mm	—	$65
Istanbul Türkiye (Turkey) · editorial pick	21°C	33 mm	—	$49
Kyoto Japan · editorial pick	25°C	136 mm	—	$67
Lisbon Portugal · editorial pick	22°C	39 mm	—	$69
Porto Portugal · editorial pick	20°C	89 mm	—	$62
Prague Czechia · editorial pick	20°C	53 mm	—	$57
Tbilisi Georgia · editorial pick	—°C	78 mm	—	$38
Tirana Albania · editorial pick	—	—	—	$41
Tokyo Japan · editorial pick	24°C	140 mm	—	$70

Comfort = 65% temperature fit (24–31°C ideal) + 35% rainfall fit, from WMO monthly normals; editorial picks are shown without a score.

Budget destinations

Kathmandu$23–$143/day
Da Nang$27–$168/day
Bali (Canggu and Ubud)$35–$235/day
Marrakech$37–$211/day
Cusco$38–$211/day
Tbilisi$38–$189/day
Buenos Aires$40–$223/day
Tirana$41–$189/day

Warm-weather destinations

Athens26°C · 23 mm
Marrakech29°C · 10 mm
Mexico City26°C · 56 mm
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)29°C · 29 mm
Rio de Janeiro26°C · 86 mm
Playa del Carmen33°C · 88 mm
Da Nang33°C · 71 mm
Hoi An33°C · 71 mm

Adventure destinations

Marrakechmountains, adventure
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)surf, adventure
Las Palmas de Gran Canariasurf, hiking
Rio de Janeirohiking, surf, mountains
Seoulhiking, mountains
Kathmandumountains, hiking, adventure
Antigua Guatemalamountains, hiking, adventure
Limasurf

Digital nomad bases

Mexico City100 Mbps · community 5/5
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria250 Mbps · community 5/5
Lisbon300 Mbps · community 5/5
Barcelona300 Mbps · community 5/5
Bali (Canggu and Ubud)60 Mbps · community 5/5
Medellín120 Mbps · community 5/5
Buenos Aires100 Mbps · community 5/5
Athens100 Mbps · community 4/5

Full nomad ranking for May →

Backpacking routes in season

Ait Benhaddou, Morocco

Three Weeks in Morocco

21 days$900–$4,600Best Mar, Apr, May, Oct, NovAdventure 3/5

Medinas, the High Atlas and a night in the Sahara, Marrakech to Tangier.

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Three Weeks on a USA Southwest Road Trip

21 days$2,100–$7,500Best Apr, May, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

A desert loop through Utah and Arizona's national parks by car.

The Cinque Terre coast, Italy

Three Weeks in Italy by Train

21 days$2,100–$9,800Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Venice to the Amalfi Coast on fast trains, with Sicily as an optional extension.

The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

Three Weeks in Scotland and Ireland

21 days$2,300–$10,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Highlands, islands and the Atlantic coast by train, coach and ferry.

Blue domes in Oia, Santorini, Greece

Three Weeks Island-Hopping in Greece

21 days$1,900–$9,200Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Athens, four Cycladic islands and Crete, linked entirely by ferry.

Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

Three Weeks in Poland and the Baltics

21 days$1,300–$6,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Medieval old towns from Krakow to Tallinn by train and bus.

Machu Picchu, Peru

Four Weeks in Peru and Bolivia

28 days$1,500–$6,800Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Inca valleys, Lake Titicaca and the Uyuni salt flats on one high-altitude line.

Gergeti Trinity Church, Kazbegi, Georgia

Four Weeks in Turkey and Georgia

28 days$1,300–$6,500Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

Istanbul, Cappadocia and the Lycian coast, then east to the Caucasus.

The Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Four Weeks on the Silk Road: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

28 days$1,100–$5,200Best May, Jun, SepAdventure 4/5

Tiled Samarkand and Bukhara, then yurts and alpine lakes in the Tian Shan.

Mount Fuji

One Month in Japan

30 days$2,400–$9,500Best Mar, Apr, May, Oct, NovAdventure 2/5

Tokyo to Kyushu with a rail pass that is actually worth it.

The Alhambra, Granada, Spain

One Month in Spain and Portugal

30 days$2,300–$10,200Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Barcelona to Porto through Andalusia and the Algarve by fast train and bus.

Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Five Weeks Overland Through the Balkans

35 days$2,000–$8,800Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

Alpine lakes to the Aegean by bus and train across seven countries.

Borobudur at dawn, Central Java, Indonesia

Five Weeks in Indonesia: Java to Komodo

35 days$1,500–$8,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 4/5

Temples and volcanoes on Java, then island-hopping east to the Komodo dragons.

Deadvlei, Namibia

Five Weeks Overland in Southern Africa

35 days$3,200–$15,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Cape Town to Victoria Falls through Namibia's dunes and Botswana's delta.

Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Australia

Six Weeks on Australia's East Coast

42 days$4,300–$17,000Best Apr, May, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Melbourne to the Daintree via Sydney, surf towns, sand islands and the reef.

Plaza de España, Seville, Spain

Two Months of Slow Iberia

60 days$4,500–$18,000Best Apr, May, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Porto to Barcelona by train and bus, with a week or more in each place.

Dubrovnik

Two Months in Europe

60 days$4,000–$15,000Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Lisbon to Istanbul by train, with the Schengen clock in mind.

Gergeti Trinity Church above Kazbegi, Georgia

Three-Month Caucasus and Balkans Summer

90 days$4,500–$17,500Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 3/5

Georgia's mountains, Istanbul and the Balkans, mostly outside the Schengen Area.

Kazbegi, Georgia

European Summer Nomad Circuit

150 days$9,000–$26,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Five bases from May to September for people who work on the way.

Palacio de Bellas Artes at dusk, Mexico City

Six-Month Latin America Nomad Circuit

180 days$8,000–$31,000Best Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, MayAdventure 2/5

A month each in six Latin American cities, from Mexico's highlands to Rio.