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Where the weather was good in May

50 cities ranked on 20 years of May records. The closer the mean high to 24°C and the fewer the rain days, the higher a city sits. For snow trips or festivals, read the numbers, not the rank.

RankCityIn a lineHigh / lowRain daysSea
1 Los AngelesUnited Statescomfortably warm, almost no rain comfortably warm, almost no rain 24° / 14° 1 day 17°
2 LisbonPortugalcomfortably warm, little rain comfortably warm, little rain 24° / 15° 4 days 17°
3 BarcelonaSpaincomfortably warm comfortably warm 22° / 15° 5 days 18°
4 RomeItalycomfortably warm comfortably warm 24° / 13° 7 days
5 BeijingChinahot, only a little rain hot, only a little rain 27° / 15° 3 days
6 HiroshimaJapanwarm, occasional rain warm, occasional rain 24° / 15° 8 days
7 BeppuJapanwarm warm 24° / 15° 9 days
8 FukuokaJapanwarm warm 24° / 16° 8 days 19°
9 ShanghaiChinacomfortably warm comfortably warm 25° / 18° 7 days
10 NagasakiJapancomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 24° / 16° 9 days
11 MatsuyamaJapanwarm, frequent rain warm, frequent rain 24° / 15° 9 days
12 QingdaoChinacool and fresh, little rain cool and fresh, little rain 21° / 14° 5 days 15°
13 KobeJapancomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 24° / 17° 9 days
14 NagoyaJapancomfortably warm, frequent rain comfortably warm, frequent rain 25° / 15° 10 days
15 OsakaJapancomfortably warm comfortably warm 25° / 16° 9 days
16 NaraJapanwarm warm 25° / 13° 9 days
17 KyotoJapanwarm, occasional rain warm, occasional rain 25° / 15° 9 days
18 TokyoJapanwarm, frequent rain warm, frequent rain 24° / 15° 10 days
19 HonoluluUnited Stateshot hot 29° / 22° 3 days 25°
20 HakoneJapanwarm, frequent rain warm, frequent rain 23° / 16° 10 days
21 KagoshimaJapanwarm warm 25° / 17° 10 days
22 PortoPortugalcool, occasional rain cool, occasional rain 21° / 12° 8 days 16°
23 SydneyAustraliacool cool 21° / 13° 8 days 21°
24 KumamotoJapancomfortably warm comfortably warm 26° / 16° 10 days
25 New YorkUnited Statescool and fresh, rain on many days cool and fresh, rain on many days 22° / 13° 10 days
26 ParisFrancecool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 20° / 11° 10 days
27 Da LatVietnamwarm warm 25° / 18° 27 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
28 NahaJapanhot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 27° / 22° 12 days 25°
29 SapporoJapancool, rain here and there cool, rain here and there 18° / 9° 9 days
30 Da NangVietnamseriously hot, little rain seriously hot, little rain 34° / 26° 4 days 28°
31 Hoi AnVietnamseriously hot, little rain seriously hot, little rain 34° / 26° 4 days 28°
32 OtaruJapancool and fresh, rain on many days cool and fresh, rain on many days 18° / 8° 9 days
33 Macauproperly hot, rain on many days properly hot, rain on many days 29° / 24° 12 days
34 Hong Kongproperly hot properly hot 29° / 25° 12 days 27°
35 PattayaThailandvery hot, frequent rain very hot, frequent rain 33° / 27° 10 days 31°
36 TaipeiTaiwanhot hot 30° / 23° 20 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
37 CebuPhilippinesseriously hot, frequent rain seriously hot, frequent rain 33° / 26° 10 days 30°
38 BaliIndonesiahot hot 30° / 26° 20 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 28°
39 KaohsiungTaiwanproperly hot properly hot 30° / 25° 19 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 28°
40 SaipanNorthern Mariana Islandsvery hot, frequent rain very hot, frequent rain 31° / 26° 14 days 29°
41 ManilaPhilippinesvery hot, rain on many days very hot, rain on many days 34° / 27° 10 days
42 Singaporevery hot, rain on many days very hot, rain on many days 32° / 26° 13 days 31°
43 Guamvery hot, rain on every second day very hot, rain on every second day 32° / 25° 17 days 29°
44 Phu QuocVietnamseriously hot, rain every other day seriously hot, rain every other day 32° / 26° 14 days 31°
45 HanoiVietnamseriously hot seriously hot 32° / 25° 17 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
46 Kota KinabaluMalaysiavery hot, rain on many days very hot, rain on many days 33° / 25° 14 days 31°
47 Chiang MaiThailandseriously hot, rain on many days seriously hot, rain on many days 35° / 24° 12 days
48 Nha TrangVietnamseriously hot seriously hot 33° / 26° 25 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 29°
49 BangkokThailandseriously hot seriously hot 35° / 27° 12 days
50 PhuketThailandseriously hot, rain on every second day seriously hot, rain on every second day 33° / 26° 16 days 31°

Ranked on mean daily high (points off the further from 24°C) and rain days. Uncalibrated cities may show too many rain days.

Warm seas in May