Where to go in May

200 cities where May is one of the best months to travel. 146 of them need no visa. Temperature and rainfall are climate normals; prices are median nightly rates for a 2–3 star room and a hostel bed.

Found: 200

City	Daytime	Rainfall	Room 2–3★	Hostel	Visa
Axum Ethiopia	29 °C	35 mm	$20	—	Visa-free
Lankaran Azerbaijan	26 °C	27 mm	$40	—	Visa needed
Ashgabat Turkmenistan	32 °C	18 mm	$50	—	Visa needed
Gabala Azerbaijan	22 °C	35 mm	$54	—	Visa needed
Osh Kyrgyzstan	26 °C	22 mm	$22	—	Visa-free
Mehriz Iran	32 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Harare Zimbabwe	24 °C	7 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Sossusvlei Namibia	30 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Sintra Portugal	20 °C	34 mm	$157	$113	Visa-free
Victoria Falls Zimbabwe	28 °C	3 mm	$220	$150	Visa-free
Sidi Bou Said Tunisia	22 °C	27 mm	$161	—	Visa-free
Masuleh Iran	26 °C	30 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Hisor Tajikistan	29 °C	31 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Isfahan Iran	29 °C	10 mm	$71	$53	Visa needed
Fuman Iran	25 °C	25 mm	$130	—	Visa needed
Zhangye China	24 °C	19 mm	$24	—	Visa needed
Hami China	28 °C	5 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Tabriz Iran	24 °C	31 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Nafplio Greece	27 °C	28 mm	$125	$103	Visa-free
Tel Aviv Israel	30 °C	5 mm	$235	$75	Visa-free
Tehran Iran	29 °C	15 mm	$61	—	Visa needed
Istanbul Turkey	21 °C	35 mm	$73	—	Visa-free
Tangier Morocco	21 °C	26 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Hamadan Iran	24 °C	21 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Kermanshah Iran	27 °C	20 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Athens Greece	25 °C	21 mm	$160	$34	Visa-free
İzmir Turkey	25 °C	29 mm	$65	—	Visa-free
Marvdasht Iran	31 °C	9 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Selçuk Turkey	28 °C	34 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Haifa Israel	24 °C	12 mm	$242	$145	Visa-free
Fez Morocco	27 °C	38 mm	$56	$19	Visa-free
Adiyaman Turkey	26 °C	36 mm	$108	—	Visa-free
Granada Spain	23 °C	24 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Shiraz Iran	32 °C	7 mm	$81	—	Visa needed
Marrakech Morocco	31 °C	16 mm	$55	$21	Visa-free
Évora Portugal	26 °C	35 mm	$112	—	Visa-free
Alexandria Egypt	29 °C	1 mm	$95	—	Visa-free
Byblos Lebanon	27 °C	9 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Mashhad Iran	29 °C	18 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Quba Azerbaijan	20 °C	32 mm	$33	—	Visa needed
Astana Kazakhstan	21 °C	35 mm	$58	$23	Visa-free
Khujand Tajikistan	29 °C	27 mm	$43	—	Visa-free
Seville Spain	28 °C	28 mm	$253	$51	Visa-free
Palermo Italy	22 °C	27 mm	$139	$93	Visa-free
Urumqi China	26 °C	37 mm	$53	$39	Visa needed
Crete Greece	25 °C	18 mm	$129	—	Visa-free
Konya Turkey	23 °C	38 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Valencia Spain	27 °C	38 mm	$199	$62	Visa-free
Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan	25 °C	7 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Bulawayo Zimbabwe	25 °C	6 mm	$121	—	Visa-free
Wadi Rum Jordan	31 °C	1 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Mardin Turkey	26 °C	35 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Şanlıurfa Turkey	29 °C	22 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Samarkand Uzbekistan	29 °C	30 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Batroun Lebanon	23 °C	12 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Sulaymaniyah Iraq	30 °C	21 mm	$91	—	Visa-free
Beirut Lebanon	27 °C	9 mm	$97	—	Visa-free
Maun Botswana	29 °C	3 mm	$143	$80	Visa-free
Tunis Tunisia	25 °C	35 mm	$95	$83	Visa-free
Amman Jordan	28 °C	6 mm	$82	$33	Visa-free
Kashgar China	28 °C	18 mm	$56	—	Visa needed
Santorini Greece	21 °C	19 mm	$178	—	Visa-free
Kerman Iran	31 °C	4 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Qazvin Iran	24 °C	23 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Kunduz Afghanistan	32 °C	16 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Jiayuguan China	24 °C	11 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Karaganda Kazakhstan	21 °C	30 mm	$51	—	Visa-free
Beijing China	29 °C	38 mm	$87	—	Visa needed
Herat Afghanistan	31 °C	9 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Malaga Spain	20 °C	24 mm	$184	$61	Visa-free
Dakar Senegal	23 °C	3 mm	$187	—	Visa-free
Toledo Spain	24 °C	34 mm	$116	—	Visa-free
Livingstone Zambia	28 °C	3 mm	$126	$50	Visa-free
Gaziantep Turkey	26 °C	26 mm	$76	—	Visa-free
Lusaka Zambia	27 °C	3 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Kokand Uzbekistan	31 °C	21 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Khiva Uzbekistan	32 °C	10 mm	$27	—	Visa needed
Kasane Botswana	29 °C	3 mm	$139	$64	Visa-free
Petra Jordan	29 °C	4 mm	$60	$20	Visa-free
Jerusalem Israel	28 °C	5 mm	$250	$98	Visa-free
Astrakhan Russia	26 °C	27 mm	$52	—	Visa needed
Rhodes Greece	23 °C	22 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Dunhuang China	28 °C	7 mm	$54	—	Visa needed
Turkestan Kazakhstan	28 °C	27 mm	$41	—	Visa-free
Dushanbe Tajikistan	29 °C	31 mm	$83	$19	Visa-free
Fethiye Turkey	27 °C	27 mm	$162	—	Visa-free
Samara Russia	21 °C	40 mm	$98	$13	Visa needed
Shahrisabz Uzbekistan	29 °C	26 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Tianjin China	29 °C	40 mm	$47	—	Visa needed
Tashkent Uzbekistan	29 °C	31 mm	$58	—	Visa needed
Corfu Greece	22 °C	42 mm	$144	$110	Visa-free
Antalya Turkey	28 °C	42 mm	$93	$50	Visa-free
Skardu Pakistan	20 °C	29 mm	$63	—	Visa-free
Shymkent Kazakhstan	27 °C	42 mm	$50	$17	Visa-free
Madrid Spain	23 °C	43 mm	$200	—	Visa-free
Meghri Armenia	26 °C	42 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Oran Algeria	27 °C	44 mm	$69	—	Visa needed
Bursa Turkey	25 °C	44 mm	$77	—	Visa-free
Machu Picchu Peru	20 °C	12 mm	$152	—	Visa-free
Meteora Greece	24 °C	43 mm	$139	—	Visa-free
Odessa Ukraine	22 °C	44 mm	$134	$78	Visa-free
Volgograd Russia	24 °C	45 mm	$81	$17	Visa needed
Algiers Algeria	27 °C	46 mm	$69	—	Visa needed
Eskişehir Turkey	22 °C	45 mm	$69	—	Visa-free
Sozopol Bulgaria	22 °C	45 mm	$404	—	Visa-free
Burgas Bulgaria	22 °C	45 mm	$205	—	Visa-free
Thessaloniki Greece	25 °C	46 mm	$107	$61	Visa-free
Göreme Turkey	23 °C	45 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Cappadocia Turkey	23 °C	45 mm	$145	$65	Visa-free
Nesebar Bulgaria	22 °C	45 mm	$163	—	Visa-free
Adana Turkey	28 °C	47 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Chefchaouen Morocco	23 °C	46 mm	$60	—	Visa-free
Qom Iran	32 °C	15 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Sisian Armenia	20 °C	46 mm	$37	—	Visa-free
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan	26 °C	48 mm	$73	$22	Visa-free
Naples Italy	24 °C	47 mm	$146	$51	Visa-free
Bamiyan Afghanistan	20 °C	31 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Kabul Afghanistan	27 °C	48 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Diyarbakır Turkey	26 °C	48 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Barcelona Spain	23 °C	49 mm	$235	$76	Visa-free
Tiraspol Moldova	23 °C	50 mm	$43	—	Visa-free
Gjirokastër Albania	22 °C	50 mm	$44	—	Visa-free
Elazığ Turkey	23 °C	49 mm	$83	—	Visa-free
Kashan Iran	33 °C	11 mm	$26	—	Visa needed
Voronezh Russia	21 °C	49 mm	$74	—	Visa needed
Mykonos Greece	20 °C	21 mm	$244	$101	Visa-free
Denizli Turkey	27 °C	52 mm	$73	—	Visa-free
Chișinău Moldova	23 °C	52 mm	$69	$26	Visa-free
Amalfi Italy	20 °C	41 mm	$239	—	Visa-free
Ankara Turkey	23 °C	52 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Pamukkale Turkey	28 °C	52 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Elista Russia	24 °C	52 mm	$46	—	Visa needed
Pisa Italy	22 °C	53 mm	$113	$106	Visa-free
Sheki Azerbaijan	25 °C	53 mm	$43	$23	Visa needed
Orhei Moldova	23 °C	53 mm	$60	—	Visa-free
Bukhara Uzbekistan	33 °C	10 mm	$46	$22	Visa needed
Rostov-on-Don Russia	23 °C	53 mm	$42	$10	Visa needed
Constantine Algeria	25 °C	55 mm	$55	—	Visa needed
Mexico City Mexico	28 °C	55 mm	$105	—	Visa-free
Baku Azerbaijan	20 °C	10 mm	$57	—	Visa needed
Victoria Malta	20 °C	17 mm	$158	—	Visa-free
Mdina Malta	20 °C	17 mm	$171	—	Visa-free
Valletta Malta	20 °C	17 mm	$179	$110	Visa-free
Berat Albania	25 °C	58 mm	$71	—	Visa-free
Rome Italy	23 °C	57 mm	$267	$114	Visa-free
Split Croatia	22 °C	57 mm	$224	—	Visa-free
Trabzon Turkey	20 °C	57 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Denver United States	24 °C	58 mm	$137	—	—
Tbilisi Georgia	24 °C	58 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Siena Italy	22 °C	58 mm	$123	$108	Visa-free
Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin)Armenia	25 °C	60 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Yerevan Armenia	25 °C	60 mm	$92	—	Visa-free
Krasnodar Russia	23 °C	60 mm	$46	$10	Visa needed
Shumen Bulgaria	22 °C	60 mm	$65	—	Visa-free
Amasya Turkey	25 °C	61 mm	$89	—	Visa-free
Batumi Georgia	24 °C	61 mm	$56	—	Visa-free
Guimarães Portugal	22 °C	62 mm	$124	—	Visa-free
Ohrid North Macedonia	20 °C	61 mm	$62	—	Visa-free
Bitola North Macedonia	22 °C	62 mm	$98	—	Visa-free
Florence Italy	23 °C	63 mm	$183	$31	Visa-free
Khorog Tajikistan	19 °C	16 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Dilijan Armenia	21 °C	62 mm	$78	$56	Visa-free
Kastamonu Turkey	21 °C	63 mm	$63	—	Visa-free
Merzouga Morocco	33 °C	4 mm	$80	—	Visa-free
Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina	23 °C	64 mm	$49	—	Visa-free
Tirana Albania	24 °C	64 mm	$71	—	Visa-free
Turpan China	33 °C	8 mm	$33	—	Visa needed
Bucharest Romania	24 °C	65 mm	$87	$24	Visa-free
Zadar Croatia	20 °C	65 mm	$170	—	Visa-free
Almaty Kazakhstan	26 °C	65 mm	$68	—	Visa-free
Gori Georgia	23 °C	64 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Budapest Hungary	22 °C	65 mm	$129	—	Visa-free
Bordeaux France	21 °C	66 mm	$207	$54	Visa-free
Plovdiv Bulgaria	25 °C	67 mm	$107	—	Visa-free
Brno Czech Republic	20 °C	67 mm	$132	—	Visa-free
Kyiv Ukraine	21 °C	67 mm	$38	$11	Visa-free
Asenovgrad Bulgaria	24 °C	67 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Sao Paulo Brazil	22 °C	67 mm	$73	$28	Visa-free
Douz Tunisia	33 °C	7 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Sighnaghi Georgia	23 °C	69 mm	$54	$26	Visa-free
Hvar Croatia	20 °C	48 mm	$140	—	Visa-free
Kutaisi Georgia	24 °C	69 mm	$48	$23	Visa-free
Berlin Germany	20 °C	53 mm	$159	$74	Visa-free
Bratislava Slovakia	22 °C	71 mm	$180	$27	Visa-free
Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan	33 °C	11 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Mfuwe Zambia	32 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Rio de Janeiro Brazil	25 °C	71 mm	$75	—	Visa-free
Oaxaca Mexico	30 °C	73 mm	$49	—	Visa-free
Eger Hungary	21 °C	73 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Brisbane Australia	23 °C	73 mm	$140	$102	Visa-free
Mendoza Argentina	19 °C	19 mm	$88	—	Visa-free
Lisbon Portugal	19 °C	31 mm	$125	$46	Visa-free
Frankfurt Germany	20 °C	71 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Yazd Iran	34 °C	3 mm	$157	$56	Visa needed
Borjomi Georgia	20 °C	76 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria	23 °C	76 mm	$41	—	Visa-free
Skopje North Macedonia	23 °C	76 mm	$92	—	Visa-free
Košice Slovakia	21 °C	76 mm	$60	—	Visa-free
Gabrovo Bulgaria	22 °C	76 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Erbil Iraq	33 °C	16 mm	$85	—	Visa-free

Where the numbers come from

Temperature and rainfall are monthly climate normals from NASA POWER and NOAA weather stations, averaged over many years. They are not a forecast for a given date: a single year deviates from the norm, but the order of magnitude holds.

Prices are median nightly rates blended from several booking sources, flights excluded. "Room 2–3★" is a double room in a mid-range hotel or guesthouse, priced per room. "Hostel" is a bed in a shared dorm, priced per person, and is known for about half the cities.

Which column to read depends on who is travelling. Solo, a hostel bed is cheaper. For two, a room usually wins: split in half it costs about the same as two dorm beds, but comes with a door and a bathroom. For three or four, the room wins outright.

Visa status is shown for a US passport and applies to the country, not the city. Check the rules on the country page before you travel: they change far more often than the climate.

Frequently asked

Where can I go visa-free in May?

146 of the 200 cities listed are in countries that need no visa. The visa-free filter leaves exactly those in the table, and the daytime column shows which of them are warm this month.

Where is it warm in May?

The daytime column is the average daily high for the month, and warmest-first sorts by it. Watch the rainfall too: in the tropics a warm month can coincide with the wet season, and the rainfall normal will be several times higher.

How much does a night cost in May?

The table carries two prices: a double room in a 2–3 star hotel or guesthouse per room, and a dorm bed per person. Solo travellers usually do better in a hostel; for two, the room split in half costs about the same as two beds but comes with a private bathroom. Flights are not included.

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