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Where to go in May

80 countries are at their best in May, including Albania, Armenia, Australia and Austria, and 40 more are a good bet. Temperatures are averages for each country's capital or main city.

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At their best in May

Africa

  • Algeria
    25° / 13°C40 mm rain~£80/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Angola
    28° / 23°C15 mm rain~£130/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Botswana
    25° / 8°C15 mm rain~£300/day
  • Cape Verde
    27° / 21°C0 mm rain~£100/day
  • Comoros
    30° / 21°C256 mm rain~£95/day
  • Eswatini
    21° / 9°C21 mm rain~£85/day
  • Gambia
    31° / 20°C1 mm rain~£75/day
  • Lesotho
    19° / 3°C28 mm rain~£75/day
  • Madagascar
    23° / 13°C25 mm rain~£90/day
  • Malawi
    25° / 11°C6 mm rain~£75/day
  • Mauritius
    27° / 20°C70 mm rain~£110/day
  • Morocco
    29° / 15°C24 mm rain~£80/day
  • Mozambique
    27° / 16°C30 mm rain~£110/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Namibia
    23° / 9°C7 mm rain~£140/day
  • Seychelles
    31° / 26°C171 mm rain~£220/day
  • Tunisia
    26° / 15°C22 mm rain~£75/dayFCDO: some areas

Asia

  • Armenia
    24° / 11°C50 mm rain~£70/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Azerbaijan
    22° / 14°C18 mm rain~£80/dayFCDO: some areas
  • China
    26° / 14°C34 mm rain~£100/day
  • Georgia
    24° / 12°C77 mm rain~£65/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Indonesia
    31° / 24°C95 mm rain~£70/day
  • Iraq
    37° / 22°C7 mm rain~£90/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Israel
    25° / 15°C5 mm rain~£170/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Japan
    24° / 15°C140 mm rain~£130/day
  • Jordan
    28° / 14°C3 mm rain~£100/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Kazakhstan
    23° / 11°C112 mm rain~£80/day
  • Lebanon
    26° / 19°C15 mm rain~£110/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Pakistan
    36° / 21°C40 mm rain~£60/dayFCDO: some areas
  • South Korea
    24° / 13°C103 mm rain~£110/day
  • Turkmenistan
    29° / 16°C25 mm rain~£140/day
  • Uzbekistan
    28° / 14°C35 mm rain~£70/day

Europe

North America

South America

  • Bolivia
    17° / 2°C12 mm rain~£70/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Brazil
    27° / 20°C70 mm rain~£95/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Paraguay
    25° / 15°C115 mm rain~£65/day
  • Peru
    20° / 1°C10 mm rain~£85/dayFCDO: some areas

Oceania

  • Australia
    20° / 12°C100 mm rain~£140/day
  • Fiji
    30° / 20°C90 mm rain~£150/day
  • Kiribati
    31° / 26°C158 mm rain~£140/day
  • Nauru
    31° / 25°C120 mm rain~£170/day
  • Samoa
    30° / 23°C170 mm rain~£100/day
  • Solomon Islands
    31° / 22°C140 mm rain~£150/day
  • Tuvalu
    31° / 26°C245 mm rain~£130/day

Also good in May

Africa

Asia

  • Bhutan
    23° / 11°C60 mm rain~£300/day
  • Brunei
    33° / 25°C230 mm rain~£95/day
  • Kyrgyzstan
    24° / 11°C62 mm rain~£60/day
  • Malaysia
    33° / 24°C205 mm rain~£75/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Mongolia
    16° / 1°C17 mm rain~£90/day
  • Nepal
    29° / 16°C124 mm rain~£60/day
  • Philippines
    34° / 27°C145 mm rain~£80/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Singapore
    32° / 26°C165 mm rain~£150/day
  • Timor-Leste
    31° / 23°C75 mm rain~£90/day
  • Vietnam
    32° / 25°C188 mm rain~£70/day

Europe

  • Estonia
    15° / 6°C40 mm rain~£110/day
  • Finland
    15° / 6°C37 mm rain~£160/day
  • Iceland
    10° / 4°C45 mm rain~£210/day
  • Latvia
    17° / 7°C40 mm rain~£100/day
  • Liechtenstein
    20° / 10°C90 mm rain~£190/day
  • Norway
    16° / 6°C60 mm rain~£170/day
  • Sweden
    17° / 7°C40 mm rain~£140/day

North America

South America

  • Argentina
    19° / 11°C92 mm rain~£115/day
  • Ecuador
    19° / 10°C110 mm rain~£70/dayFCDO: some areas

Oceania

  • Palau
    31° / 25°C310 mm rain~£220/day
  • Papua New Guinea
    31° / 24°C56 mm rain~£190/dayFCDO: some areas
  • Tonga
    26° / 20°C110 mm rain~£120/day
  • Vanuatu
    27° / 21°C160 mm rain~£130/day

Countries where the UK Foreign Office advises against all or all-but-essential travel to the whole country, or to most of it, are left out. “FCDO: some areas” means the FCDO advises against travel to parts of that country — check the advice before you plan.

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