Where to go in May
303 destinations genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for photos and details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.
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The bars on each card are its daytime highs across the year, January to December, with May marked.
- Sedona United States
- Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago Guinea-Bissau
- The Kimberley Australia
- Da Nang & Hoi An Vietnam
- Hoi An Vietnam
- Jaffna Sri Lanka
- Marrakech & the Atlas Morocco
- Mexico's Copper Canyon Mexico
- Nha Trang Vietnam
- Curaçao Curaçao
- Darwin Australia
- Jakarta Indonesia
- Kakadu & the Top End Australia
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Las Vegas United States
- Sabah – Borneo's rainforest Malaysia
- Shiraz Iran Advisory
- Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
- Yogyakarta & the temples of Java Indonesia
- Zion, Bryce & Arches United States
- Andalusia Spain
- Aruba Aruba
- Austin United States
- Austin & the Hill Country United States
- Cebu & the Visayas Philippines
- Darjeeling India
- Guam Guam
- Komodo Island Indonesia
- Palawan Philippines
- Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
- San Antonio & the River Walk United States
- San Juan & the Puerto Rican coast Puerto Rico
- Seville Spain
- Singapore & Malaysia Singapore
- Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
- The Pantanal Brazil
- Bali & Lombok Indonesia
- Baton Rouge United States
- Bonaire Bonaire
- Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia
- Comoros Comoros
- Dominica Dominica
- Fiji Fiji
- Isfahan Iran Advisory
- Jerusalem Israel
- Kiribati Kiribati
- Moorea French Polynesia
- Nauru Nauru
- New Orleans United States
- Petra & Wadi Rum Jordan
- Samoa Samoa
- Savannah & the Georgia coast United States
- Shenzhen China
- Tel Aviv & Jerusalem Israel
- The Loire Valley France
- The Marquesas Islands French Polynesia
- Tuvalu Tuvalu
- American Samoa American Samoa
- Beijing & the Great Wall China
- Charleston & the Lowcountry United States
- Dallas United States
- Espiritu Santo Vanuatu
- Fes & Chefchaouen Morocco
- Macau Macau
- Manali India
- Mexico City & Oaxaca Mexico
- Ningaloo Reef Australia
- Pemba Mozambique
- Tashkent Uzbekistan
- The Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- The Galápagos Ecuador
- The Seychelles Seychelles
- Vanua Levu Fiji
- Victoria Falls Zambia
- Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna
- Aitutaki Cook Islands
- Atlanta United States
- Birmingham United States
- Casablanca Morocco
- Charlotte & the Blue Ridge Parkway United States
- Chengdu & the panda sanctuary China
- Cyprus Cyprus
- Granada Spain
- Guilin & the Li River China
- Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States
- Hwange & the Zimbabwean side of Victoria Falls Zimbabwe
- Magnetic Island Australia
- Paraty Brazil
- Pokhara Nepal
- Puebla Mexico
- Samarkand & the Silk Road Uzbekistan
- Suva & the Fijian highlands Fiji
- Taipei & the Taiwanese coast Taiwan
- The Bazaruto Archipelago Mozambique
- Vanuatu Vanuatu
- Xi'an & the Terracotta Army China
- Xiamen China
- Athens & the Acropolis Greece
- Beirut & the Bekaa Valley Lebanon
- Belo Horizonte & Ouro Preto Brazil
- Cape Verde Cape Verde
- Eswatini Eswatini
- Hangzhou China
- Kauai United States
- Memphis United States
- Nashville & the Smokies United States
- Niue Niue
- Okinawa Japan
- Oklahoma City United States
- Raleigh United States
- Rarotonga & Aitutaki Cook Islands
- Rhodes Greece
- Réunion Island Réunion
- Shimla India
- The Great Smoky Mountains United States
- Wuhan China
- Algiers & the Algerian coast Algeria
- Charlottesville United States
- Lifou New Caledonia
- Mauritius Mauritius
- Nepal – the Himalaya Nepal
- New Caledonia New Caledonia
- Richmond United States
- South Luangwa National Park Zambia
- Suzhou China
- Tulsa United States
- Tunis & the Tunisian coast Tunisia
- Valencia Spain
- Yerevan & the Armenian highlands Armenia
- Zhangjiajie & the Avatar mountains China
- Asunción & the Paraguayan missions Paraguay
- Crete Greece
- Gaborone Botswana
- Gibraltar Gibraltar
- Jeonju South Korea
- Kentucky's Bourbon Trail United States
- Lake Malawi Malawi
- Lijiang China
- Lisbon & Sintra Portugal
- Mallorca Spain
- Namibia Namibia
- Napa & Sonoma wine country United States
- Skopje North Macedonia
- Tbilisi & the Caucasus Georgia
- The Algarve Portugal
- The Drakensberg South Africa
- Washington DC United States
- Avignon France
- Baku Azerbaijan
- Bologna Italy
- Cappadocia Turkey
- Cincinnati United States
- Fukuoka Japan
- Gyeongju South Korea
- K'gari (Fraser Island) Australia
- Kansas City United States
- Kruger & the South African Lowveld South Africa
- Madagascar Madagascar
- Meteora Greece
- Santa Fe & northern New Mexico United States
- Santorini Greece
- Shanghai China
- Sicily Italy
- São Paulo Brazil
- Tangier Morocco
- Taos United States
- Tenerife Spain
- Thessaloniki Greece
- Uluru & the Red Centre Australia
- Asheville United States
- Astana Kazakhstan
- Belgrade Serbia
- Bermuda Bermuda
- Brisbane Australia
- Bucharest & the Carpathians Romania
- Busan South Korea
- Carcassonne France
- Columbus United States
- Corfu Greece
- Florence Italy
- Florence & the Tuscan hills Italy
- Indianapolis United States
- Kyoto Japan
- Malta Malta
- Nagoya Japan
- Naples Italy
- Osaka & the Kansai region Japan
- Palermo Italy
- Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia
- Provence France
- Santa Barbara United States
- The Amalfi Coast Italy
- The Atacama Desert Chile
- Verona Italy
- Bordeaux France
- Chișinău & the wine cellars Moldova
- Dubrovnik Croatia
- Istanbul Turkey
- Jeju Island South Korea
- Lake Como Italy
- Lord Howe Island Australia
- Lyon France
- Madeira Portugal
- Margaret River Australia
- Medellin Colombia
- Milan Italy
- Pittsburgh United States
- Porto & the Douro Valley Portugal
- Pristina & the Balkan interior Kosovo
- Rome & the Bay of Naples Italy
- San Marino San Marino
- Srinagar & Kashmir India
- St Helena St Helena
- The Bay of Kotor Montenegro
- The French Riviera France
- Trieste Italy
- Turin & Piedmont Italy
- Zagreb Croatia
- Barcelona & the Costa Brava Spain
- Budapest Hungary
- Cinque Terre & the Italian Riviera Italy
- Genoa Italy
- Istria Croatia
- Johannesburg South Africa
- Lhasa & the Tibetan plateau Tibet
- Los Angeles United States
- Menorca Spain
- Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Norfolk Island Norfolk Island
- Providence United States
- San Diego & La Jolla United States
- Santiago & the Chilean wine valleys Chile
- Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Seoul South Korea
- The Hunter Valley Australia
- The Rhine Valley Germany
- Valparaiso Chile
- Venice Italy
- Alsace France
- Bhutan Bhutan
- Bilbao & the Basque coast Spain
- Bratislava Slovakia
- New York City United States
- Salta & the Argentine northwest Argentina
- Sendai Japan
- The Badlands United States
- The Black Hills & Mount Rushmore United States
- The California Coast United States
- The Grand Canyon & Sedona United States
- Toronto & Niagara Falls Canada
- Vienna Austria
- Antwerp Belgium
- Berlin Germany
- Brno Czech Republic
- Bruges & Brussels Belgium
- Brussels Belgium
- Buenos Aires & Mendoza Argentina
- Cologne Germany
- Geneva & Lake Geneva Switzerland
- Kraków & the Tatras Poland
- Leipzig Germany
- Lesotho Lesotho
- Ljubljana Slovenia
- Paris France
- Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic
- Sucre Bolivia
- Warsaw Poland
- Wrocław Poland
- Adelaide & Kangaroo Island Australia
- Cusco & Machu Picchu Peru
- Dresden Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Kaunas Lithuania
- London England
- Luxembourg City Luxembourg
- Rotterdam Netherlands
- Salzburg Austria
- Vancouver Island Canada
- Amsterdam & the Dutch coast Netherlands
- Melbourne & the Great Ocean Road Australia
- Phillip Island Australia
- The Cotswolds England
- The Great Ocean Road Australia
- The Wild Atlantic Way Ireland
- Vilnius Lithuania
- Bath England
- Cornwall England
- Dublin & the east coast Ireland
- Edinburgh Scotland
- Liverpool England
- Riga Latvia
- Rotorua New Zealand
- Snowdonia Wales
- The Lake District England
- The Redwood Coast United States
- Belfast & the Causeway Coast Northern Ireland
- Canberra Australia
- Tallinn Estonia
- York England
- Copacabana Bolivia
- La Paz Bolivia
- The Scottish Highlands Scotland
- Juneau & the Inside Passage United States
Nothing in May matches all of those.
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