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The driest places in Europe in May

Valletta tops the list at 6.2 mm in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Valletta Malta 6.2 mm 21 °C 6 mm
2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 8.6 mm 21 °C 9 mm
3 La Laguna Spain 8.9 mm 18 °C 9 mm
4 Almería Spain 12 mm 25 °C 12 mm
5 Limassol Cyprus 13 mm 26 °C 13 mm
6 Cartagena Spain 20 mm 22 °C 20 mm
7 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen 22 mm -1.6 °C 22 mm
8 Athens Greece 23 mm 25 °C 23 mm
9 Elche Spain 23 mm 24 °C 23 mm
10 Murcia Spain 24 mm 26 °C 24 mm
11 Málaga Spain 25 mm 22 °C 25 mm
12 Yakutsk Russia 26 mm 13 °C 26 mm
13 Astrakhan Russia 26 mm 24 °C 26 mm
14 Sevastopol Ukraine 27 mm 18 °C 27 mm
15 Catania Italy 28 mm 24 °C 28 mm
16 Nicosia Cyprus 29 mm 28 °C 29 mm
17 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 30 mm 25 °C 30 mm
18 Ulan-Ude Russia 31 mm 17 °C 31 mm
19 Palma Spain 31 mm 23 °C 31 mm
20 Castelló de la Plana Spain 31 mm 22 °C 31 mm
21 Gibraltar Gibraltar 31 mm 22 °C 31 mm
22 Taranto Italy 31 mm 22 °C 31 mm
23 Marbella Spain 32 mm 21 °C 32 mm
24 Valencia Spain 33 mm 24 °C 33 mm
25 Angarsk Russia 34 mm 17 °C 34 mm
26 Zaragoza Spain 34 mm 25 °C 34 mm
27 Sevilla Spain 34 mm 26 °C 34 mm
28 Orsk Russia 35 mm 21 °C 35 mm
29 Alicante Spain 35 mm 23 °C 35 mm
30 Orenburg Russia 36 mm 21 °C 36 mm
31 Mariehamn Aland Islands 36 mm 10 °C 36 mm
32 Palermo Italy 36 mm 23 °C 36 mm
33 Samara Russia 36 mm 20 °C 36 mm
34 Omsk Russia 37 mm 18 °C 37 mm
35 Tolyatti Russia 37 mm 18 °C 37 mm
36 Badajoz Spain 38 mm 25 °C 38 mm
37 Rubtsovsk Russia 38 mm 20 °C 38 mm
38 Odesa Ukraine 38 mm 20 °C 38 mm
39 Córdoba Spain 38 mm 26 °C 38 mm
40 Engels Russia 38 mm 21 °C 38 mm
41 Ciudad Lineal Spain 38 mm 22 °C 38 mm
42 Madrid Spain 38 mm 22 °C 38 mm
43 Albacete Spain 38 mm 23 °C 38 mm
44 Chita Russia 39 mm 17 °C 39 mm
45 Irkutsk Russia 39 mm 17 °C 39 mm
46 Saratov Russia 39 mm 20 °C 39 mm
47 Bratsk Russia 39 mm 11 °C 39 mm
48 Abakan Russia 39 mm 18 °C 39 mm
49 Makhachkala Russia 40 mm 20 °C 40 mm
50 Bari Italy 40 mm 22 °C 40 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.

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.