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

Nicosia tops the list at 28 °C in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in May: Nicosia (28 °C) , Sevilla (26 °C) , Córdoba (26 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 6.3 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nicosia Cyprus 28 °C 28 °C 16 °C 29 mm 5 399 h 21 °C
2 Sevilla Spain 26 °C 26 °C 15 °C 34 mm 5 382 h –
3 Córdoba Spain 26 °C 26 °C 14 °C 38 mm 6 386 h –
4 Limassol Cyprus 26 °C 26 °C 17 °C 13 mm 3 400 h 20 °C
5 Murcia Spain 26 °C 26 °C 13 °C 24 mm 4 401 h –
6 Athens Greece 25 °C 25 °C 15 °C 23 mm 5 385 h 19 °C
7 Almería Spain 25 °C 25 °C 16 °C 12 mm 2 409 h 18 °C
8 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 25 °C 25 °C 14 °C 30 mm 5 395 h 18 °C
9 Badajoz Spain 25 °C 25 °C 13 °C 38 mm 7 375 h –
10 Zaragoza Spain 25 °C 25 °C 12 °C 34 mm 6 388 h –
11 Elche Spain 24 °C 24 °C 14 °C 23 mm 4 400 h 18 °C
12 Thessaloníki Greece 24 °C 24 °C 15 °C 66 mm 9 371 h 19 °C
13 Astrakhan Russia 24 °C 24 °C 13 °C 26 mm 5 350 h –
14 Valencia Spain 24 °C 24 °C 14 °C 33 mm 5 395 h 18 °C
15 Catania Italy 24 °C 24 °C 15 °C 28 mm 4 390 h 18 °C
16 Pátra Greece 23 °C 23 °C 14 °C 53 mm 8 376 h 19 °C
17 Granada Spain 23 °C 23 °C 11 °C 50 mm 8 396 h –
18 Skopje North Macedonia 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 50 mm 10 348 h –
19 Craiova Romania 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 61 mm 10 367 h –
20 Bologna Italy 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 78 mm 10 366 h –
21 Alicante Spain 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 35 mm 6 401 h 18 °C
22 Modena Italy 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 75 mm 10 373 h –
23 Albacete Spain 23 °C 23 °C 10 °C 38 mm 6 385 h –
24 Reggio Calabria Italy 23 °C 23 °C 14 °C 54 mm 8 392 h 18 °C
25 Palma Spain 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 31 mm 5 393 h 18 °C
26 Palermo Italy 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 36 mm 6 398 h 19 °C
27 Parma Italy 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 85 mm 9 369 h –
28 Tirana Albania 23 °C 23 °C 13 °C 89 mm 11 375 h –
29 Galaţi Romania 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 56 mm 10 365 h –
30 Bucharest Romania 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 71 mm 11 359 h –
31 Alcalá de Henares Spain 22 °C 22 °C 10 °C 49 mm 8 386 h –
32 Madrid Spain 22 °C 22 °C 10 °C 38 mm 7 392 h –
33 Taranto Italy 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 31 mm 6 393 h 18 °C
34 Rome Italy 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 58 mm 8 385 h –
35 Belgrade Serbia 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 70 mm 12 346 h –
36 Verona Italy 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 110 mm 13 361 h –
37 Szeged Hungary 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 58 mm 10 357 h –
38 Tiraspol Moldova 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 46 mm 9 363 h –
39 Reggio nell'Emilia Italy 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 86 mm 10 373 h –
40 Timişoara Romania 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 71 mm 12 356 h –
41 Niš Serbia 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 63 mm 11 343 h –
42 Volgograd Russia 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 41 mm 7 353 h –
43 Podgorica Montenegro 22 °C 22 °C 13 °C 120 mm 12 353 h –
44 Padua Italy 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 100 mm 11 363 h –
45 Málaga Spain 22 °C 22 °C 15 °C 25 mm 4 397 h 18 °C
46 Ciudad Lineal Spain 22 °C 22 °C 10.0 °C 38 mm 7 392 h –
47 Plovdiv Bulgaria 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 57 mm 10 362 h –
48 Messina Italy 22 °C 22 °C 15 °C 47 mm 8 392 h 19 °C
49 Chisinau Moldova 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 54 mm 10 359 h –
50 Florence Italy 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 74 mm 9 368 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, 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 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.