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The driest places in Europe in May: ranked by rainfall

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

Top three in May: Valletta (6.2 mm) , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (8.6 mm) , La Laguna (8.9 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 33 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Valletta Malta 6.2 mm 21 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 398 h 19 °C
2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 8.6 mm 21 °C 17 °C 9 mm 2 393 h 20 °C
3 La Laguna Spain 8.9 mm 18 °C 15 °C 9 mm 2 396 h 20 °C
4 Almería Spain 12 mm 25 °C 16 °C 12 mm 2 409 h 18 °C
5 Limassol Cyprus 13 mm 26 °C 17 °C 13 mm 3 400 h 20 °C
6 Cartagena Spain 20 mm 22 °C 16 °C 20 mm 3 404 h 18 °C
7 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen 22 mm -1.6 °C -4.6 °C 22 mm 6 486 h –
8 Athens Greece 23 mm 25 °C 15 °C 23 mm 5 385 h 19 °C
9 Elche Spain 23 mm 24 °C 14 °C 23 mm 4 400 h 18 °C
10 Murcia Spain 24 mm 26 °C 13 °C 24 mm 4 401 h –
11 Málaga Spain 25 mm 22 °C 15 °C 25 mm 4 397 h 18 °C
12 Yakutsk Russia 26 mm 13 °C 2.0 °C 26 mm 7 388 h –
13 Astrakhan Russia 26 mm 24 °C 13 °C 26 mm 5 350 h –
14 Sevastopol Ukraine 27 mm 18 °C 12 °C 27 mm 6 387 h 15 °C
15 Catania Italy 28 mm 24 °C 15 °C 28 mm 4 390 h 18 °C
16 Nicosia Cyprus 29 mm 28 °C 16 °C 29 mm 5 399 h 21 °C
17 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 30 mm 25 °C 14 °C 30 mm 5 395 h 18 °C
18 Ulan-Ude Russia 31 mm 17 °C 3.5 °C 31 mm 6 383 h –
19 Palma Spain 31 mm 23 °C 16 °C 31 mm 5 393 h 18 °C
20 Castelló de la Plana Spain 31 mm 22 °C 14 °C 31 mm 5 391 h 18 °C
21 Gibraltar Gibraltar 31 mm 22 °C 15 °C 31 mm 5 394 h 17 °C
22 Taranto Italy 31 mm 22 °C 14 °C 31 mm 6 393 h 18 °C
23 Marbella Spain 32 mm 21 °C 15 °C 32 mm 5 395 h 17 °C
24 Valencia Spain 33 mm 24 °C 14 °C 33 mm 5 395 h 18 °C
25 Angarsk Russia 34 mm 17 °C 4.1 °C 34 mm 8 368 h –
26 Zaragoza Spain 34 mm 25 °C 12 °C 34 mm 6 388 h –
27 Sevilla Spain 34 mm 26 °C 15 °C 34 mm 5 382 h –
28 Orsk Russia 35 mm 21 °C 7.9 °C 35 mm 7 367 h –
29 Alicante Spain 35 mm 23 °C 15 °C 35 mm 6 401 h 18 °C
30 Orenburg Russia 36 mm 21 °C 8.5 °C 36 mm 7 370 h –
31 Mariehamn Aland Islands 36 mm 10 °C 5.9 °C 36 mm 7 416 h 5.6 °C
32 Palermo Italy 36 mm 23 °C 15 °C 36 mm 6 398 h 19 °C
33 Samara Russia 36 mm 20 °C 8.8 °C 36 mm 8 371 h –
34 Omsk Russia 37 mm 18 °C 5.3 °C 37 mm 8 375 h –
35 Tolyatti Russia 37 mm 18 °C 9.5 °C 37 mm 8 376 h –
36 Badajoz Spain 38 mm 25 °C 13 °C 38 mm 7 375 h –
37 Rubtsovsk Russia 38 mm 20 °C 6.8 °C 38 mm 8 386 h –
38 Odesa Ukraine 38 mm 20 °C 13 °C 38 mm 8 378 h 15 °C
39 Córdoba Spain 38 mm 26 °C 14 °C 38 mm 6 386 h –
40 Engels Russia 38 mm 21 °C 9.8 °C 38 mm 7 368 h –
41 Ciudad Lineal Spain 38 mm 22 °C 10.0 °C 38 mm 7 392 h –
42 Madrid Spain 38 mm 22 °C 10 °C 38 mm 7 392 h –
43 Albacete Spain 38 mm 23 °C 10 °C 38 mm 6 385 h –
44 Chita Russia 39 mm 17 °C 3.3 °C 39 mm 7 368 h –
45 Irkutsk Russia 39 mm 17 °C 3.6 °C 39 mm 9 368 h –
46 Saratov Russia 39 mm 20 °C 9.3 °C 39 mm 7 368 h –
47 Bratsk Russia 39 mm 11 °C 2.0 °C 39 mm 10 383 h –
48 Abakan Russia 39 mm 18 °C 5.6 °C 39 mm 9 375 h –
49 Makhachkala Russia 40 mm 20 °C 14 °C 40 mm 8 347 h 15 °C
50 Bari Italy 40 mm 22 °C 15 °C 40 mm 7 390 h 18 °C

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. Yakutsk 10 mm
  2. Valletta 15 mm
  3. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 15 mm
  4. Ulan-Ude 15 mm
  5. Chita 15 mm

Full ranking for April

June: top 5

  1. Valletta 2.4 mm
  2. Limassol 2.6 mm
  3. La Laguna 2.9 mm
  4. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 3.4 mm
  5. Almería 4.0 mm

Full ranking for June

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, 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 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 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.