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Places with the best weather in North America in May: ranked by comfort score

Ensenada tops the list at 97 /100 in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in May: Ensenada (97 /100) , Irvine (96 /100) , San Jose (96 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 11 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ensenada Mexico 97 /100 22 °C 14 °C 7 mm 2 401 h 17 °C
2 Irvine United States 96 /100 22 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 394 h 17 °C
3 San Jose United States 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 22 mm 3 399 h –
4 Santa Ana United States 96 /100 22 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 394 h 17 °C
5 Escondido United States 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 16 mm 3 393 h 18 °C
6 Sunnyvale United States 96 /100 22 °C 11 °C 21 mm 3 399 h 12 °C
7 Fremont United States 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 19 mm 4 398 h –
8 Glendale United States 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 407 h –
9 Moreno Valley United States 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 14 mm 3 401 h –
10 Pomona United States 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 393 h –
11 Windhoek Namibia 95 /100 23 °C 10 °C 4 mm 1 328 h –
12 Santa Rosa United States 95 /100 24 °C 11 °C 28 mm 4 395 h –
13 Long Beach United States 94 /100 22 °C 14 °C 7 mm 1 403 h 17 °C
14 Ontario United States 94 /100 25 °C 13 °C 12 mm 2 394 h –
15 San Diego United States 94 /100 20 °C 14 °C 10 mm 2 389 h 17 °C
16 Los Angeles United States 94 /100 25 °C 13 °C 8 mm 1 399 h 17 °C
17 Oceanside United States 93 /100 20 °C 14 °C 13 mm 2 398 h 18 °C
18 Fontana United States 93 /100 26 °C 12 °C 15 mm 3 401 h –
19 Oxnard United States 93 /100 20 °C 13 °C 9 mm 1 413 h 16 °C
20 Oakland United States 93 /100 22 °C 11 °C 19 mm 3 396 h –
21 Santa Clarita United States 93 /100 26 °C 13 °C 10 mm 2 409 h –
22 San Bernardino United States 93 /100 26 °C 12 °C 13 mm 3 402 h –
23 Riverside United States 92 /100 26 °C 13 °C 14 mm 3 399 h –
24 Reno United States 92 /100 21 °C 7.9 °C 29 mm 6 405 h –
25 Tijuana Mexico 92 /100 20 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 390 h 17 °C
26 Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico 92 /100 25 °C 11 °C 33 mm 7 369 h –
27 Boise United States 92 /100 23 °C 8.6 °C 31 mm 6 395 h –
28 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 91 /100 25 °C 11 °C 34 mm 7 369 h –
29 Palmdale United States 91 /100 26 °C 12 °C 11 mm 3 415 h –
30 Coacalco Mexico 91 /100 25 °C 11 °C 29 mm 7 373 h –
31 Elk Grove United States 90 /100 27 °C 12 °C 29 mm 4 402 h –
32 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 90 /100 26 °C 12 °C 32 mm 7 370 h –
33 Stockton United States 89 /100 27 °C 12 °C 22 mm 3 404 h –
34 Salinas United States 89 /100 19 °C 10 °C 16 mm 3 395 h 12 °C
35 Spokane United States 88 /100 21 °C 7.9 °C 46 mm 8 386 h –
36 Salt Lake City United States 88 /100 21 °C 7.9 °C 56 mm 9 394 h –
37 Sacramento United States 88 /100 28 °C 12 °C 24 mm 3 401 h –
38 Philadelphia United States 88 /100 23 °C 12 °C 91 mm 11 319 h –
39 Arlington United States 88 /100 23 °C 13 °C 100 mm 11 324 h –
40 Washington United States 87 /100 24 °C 13 °C 100 mm 11 324 h –
41 San Francisco United States 87 /100 19 °C 11 °C 18 mm 3 397 h 12 °C
42 Richmond United States 87 /100 25 °C 14 °C 84 mm 11 328 h –
43 Bakersfield United States 87 /100 29 °C 15 °C 10 mm 2 414 h –
44 Modesto United States 86 /100 28 °C 13 °C 19 mm 3 405 h –
45 Baltimore United States 86 /100 23 °C 13 °C 101 mm 11 325 h 14 °C
46 Guadalupe Mexico 86 /100 27 °C 12 °C 30 mm 6 384 h –
47 Staten Island United States 86 /100 21 °C 12 °C 87 mm 11 310 h 13 °C
48 Newark United States 86 /100 22 °C 12 °C 91 mm 12 311 h 13 °C
49 Newport News United States 85 /100 24 °C 15 °C 91 mm 10 343 h –
50 Lancaster United States 85 /100 27 °C 12 °C 4 mm 1 415 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

April: top 5

  1. Bakersfield 96 /100
  2. Fresno 96 /100
  3. Ontario 96 /100
  4. Pomona 95 /100
  5. Modesto 95 /100

Full ranking for April

June: top 5

  1. Ensenada 95 /100
  2. Santa Ana 95 /100
  3. Oxnard 95 /100
  4. San Diego 95 /100
  5. Huntington Beach 95 /100

Full ranking for June

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in May, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.