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The coolest places in Europe in May

Longyearbyen tops the list at -1.6 °C in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -1.6 °C -1.6 °C 22 mm
2 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia 5.8 °C 5.8 °C 67 mm
3 Murmansk Russia 7.5 °C 7.5 °C 51 mm
4 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 8.6 °C 8.6 °C 67 mm
5 Reykjavík Iceland 9.3 °C 9.3 °C 92 mm
6 Surgut Russia 9.6 °C 9.6 °C 52 mm
7 Severodvinsk Russia 10.0 °C 10.0 °C 53 mm
8 Mariehamn Aland Islands 10 °C 10 °C 36 mm
9 Nizhnevartovsk Russia 10 °C 10 °C 54 mm
10 Oulu Finland 11 °C 11 °C 49 mm
11 Bratsk Russia 11 °C 11 °C 39 mm
12 Aberdeen United Kingdom 11 °C 11 °C 54 mm
13 Arkhangel’sk Russia 11 °C 11 °C 56 mm
14 Vladivostok Russia 12 °C 12 °C 77 mm
15 Stavanger Norway 12 °C 12 °C 82 mm
16 Douglas Isle of Man 12 °C 12 °C 58 mm
17 Petrozavodsk Russia 12 °C 12 °C 55 mm
18 Bergen Norway 12 °C 12 °C 117 mm
19 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 12 °C 12 °C 45 mm
20 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia 12 °C 12 °C 70 mm
21 Trondheim Norway 12 °C 12 °C 71 mm
22 Yakutsk Russia 13 °C 13 °C 26 mm
23 Helsinki Finland 13 °C 13 °C 44 mm
24 Edinburgh United Kingdom 13 °C 13 °C 57 mm
25 Syktyvkar Russia 13 °C 13 °C 54 mm
26 Tampere Finland 13 °C 13 °C 46 mm
27 Belfast United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 71 mm
28 Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 49 mm
29 Berezniki Russia 14 °C 14 °C 64 mm
30 Glasgow United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 80 mm
31 Sunderland United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 48 mm
32 Saint Helier Jersey 14 °C 14 °C 54 mm
33 Stockholm Sweden 14 °C 14 °C 43 mm
34 Saint Petersburg Russia 14 °C 14 °C 51 mm
35 Oldham United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 71 mm
36 Dublin Ireland 14 °C 14 °C 67 mm
37 Bradford United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 64 mm
38 Kingston upon Hull United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 52 mm
39 Turku Finland 15 °C 15 °C 42 mm
40 Preston United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 78 mm
41 Liverpool United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 69 mm
42 Cherepovets Russia 15 °C 15 °C 59 mm
43 Tallinn Estonia 15 °C 15 °C 42 mm
44 Tomsk Russia 15 °C 15 °C 50 mm
45 Swansea United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 83 mm
46 Cork Ireland 15 °C 15 °C 69 mm
47 Vantaa Finland 15 °C 15 °C 44 mm
48 Brighton United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 52 mm
49 St Helens United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 67 mm
50 Leeds United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 56 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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