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The coolest places in Europe in May: ranked by average high temperature

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

Top three in May: Longyearbyen (-1.6 °C) , Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (5.8 °C) , Murmansk (7.5 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 16 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -1.6 °C -1.6 °C -4.6 °C 22 mm 6 486 h –
2 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia 5.8 °C 5.8 °C -0.8 °C 67 mm 9 322 h 3.1 °C
3 Murmansk Russia 7.5 °C 7.5 °C 0.1 °C 51 mm 12 325 h –
4 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 8.6 °C 8.6 °C 5.6 °C 67 mm 16 342 h 7.5 °C
5 Reykjavík Iceland 9.3 °C 9.3 °C 3.3 °C 92 mm 16 358 h 7.2 °C
6 Surgut Russia 9.6 °C 9.6 °C 0.2 °C 52 mm 11 335 h –
7 Severodvinsk Russia 10.0 °C 10.0 °C 1.9 °C 53 mm 11 387 h 4.3 °C
8 Mariehamn Aland Islands 10 °C 10 °C 5.9 °C 36 mm 7 416 h 5.6 °C
9 Nizhnevartovsk Russia 10 °C 10 °C 0.5 °C 54 mm 11 331 h –
10 Oulu Finland 11 °C 11 °C 3.5 °C 49 mm 10 396 h 2.9 °C
11 Bratsk Russia 11 °C 11 °C 2.0 °C 39 mm 10 383 h –
12 Aberdeen United Kingdom 11 °C 11 °C 7.0 °C 54 mm 12 357 h 8.4 °C
13 Arkhangel’sk Russia 11 °C 11 °C 2.0 °C 56 mm 11 375 h –
14 Vladivostok Russia 12 °C 12 °C 7.4 °C 77 mm 11 298 h 7.6 °C
15 Stavanger Norway 12 °C 12 °C 6.5 °C 82 mm 12 383 h 8.8 °C
16 Douglas Isle of Man 12 °C 12 °C 9.0 °C 58 mm 11 367 h 10 °C
17 Petrozavodsk Russia 12 °C 12 °C 4.3 °C 55 mm 11 384 h –
18 Bergen Norway 12 °C 12 °C 5.4 °C 117 mm 14 380 h 8.5 °C
19 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 12 °C 12 °C 11 °C 45 mm 8 366 h 12 °C
20 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia 12 °C 12 °C 4.0 °C 70 mm 11 305 h –
21 Trondheim Norway 12 °C 12 °C 3.8 °C 71 mm 15 369 h –
22 Yakutsk Russia 13 °C 13 °C 2.0 °C 26 mm 7 388 h –
23 Helsinki Finland 13 °C 13 °C 5.8 °C 44 mm 9 402 h 6.2 °C
24 Edinburgh United Kingdom 13 °C 13 °C 6.7 °C 57 mm 13 330 h 9.5 °C
25 Syktyvkar Russia 13 °C 13 °C 2.9 °C 54 mm 11 351 h –
26 Tampere Finland 13 °C 13 °C 5.0 °C 46 mm 9 384 h –
27 Belfast United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 8.1 °C 71 mm 14 334 h –
28 Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 6.9 °C 49 mm 11 349 h 9.4 °C
29 Berezniki Russia 14 °C 14 °C 3.4 °C 64 mm 11 356 h –
30 Glasgow United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 6.3 °C 80 mm 14 319 h –
31 Sunderland United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 7.2 °C 48 mm 11 351 h 9.4 °C
32 Saint Helier Jersey 14 °C 14 °C 11 °C 54 mm 10 361 h 12 °C
33 Stockholm Sweden 14 °C 14 °C 6.4 °C 43 mm 9 400 h 6.8 °C
34 Saint Petersburg Russia 14 °C 14 °C 5.8 °C 51 mm 9 390 h –
35 Oldham United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 6.5 °C 71 mm 13 323 h –
36 Dublin Ireland 14 °C 14 °C 8.5 °C 67 mm 14 345 h 11 °C
37 Bradford United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 6.8 °C 64 mm 12 323 h –
38 Kingston upon Hull United Kingdom 14 °C 14 °C 7.8 °C 52 mm 10 351 h 9.1 °C
39 Turku Finland 15 °C 15 °C 5.1 °C 42 mm 9 409 h –
40 Preston United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 7.6 °C 78 mm 13 348 h –
41 Liverpool United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 8.3 °C 69 mm 13 351 h 11 °C
42 Cherepovets Russia 15 °C 15 °C 6.5 °C 59 mm 11 366 h –
43 Tallinn Estonia 15 °C 15 °C 5.8 °C 42 mm 8 401 h 6.3 °C
44 Tomsk Russia 15 °C 15 °C 3.6 °C 50 mm 11 365 h –
45 Swansea United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 8.8 °C 83 mm 14 349 h 11 °C
46 Cork Ireland 15 °C 15 °C 8.6 °C 69 mm 13 327 h –
47 Vantaa Finland 15 °C 15 °C 5.5 °C 44 mm 9 402 h 6.2 °C
48 Brighton United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 9.0 °C 52 mm 10 338 h 11 °C
49 St Helens United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 7.7 °C 67 mm 13 345 h 11 °C
50 Leeds United Kingdom 15 °C 15 °C 7.0 °C 56 mm 11 326 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. Longyearbyen -8.1 °C
  2. Surgut 0.7 °C
  3. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 1.1 °C
  4. Nizhnevartovsk 1.4 °C
  5. Yakutsk 1.6 °C

Full ranking for April

June: top 5

  1. Longyearbyen 3.3 °C
  2. Tórshavn 11 °C
  3. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 12 °C
  4. Reykjavík 13 °C
  5. Murmansk 13 °C

Full ranking for June

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in May, lowest 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 Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.