The warmest places in Europe in May

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

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Nicosia Cyprus 28 °C 28 °C 29 mm
2 Sevilla Spain 26 °C 26 °C 34 mm
3 Córdoba Spain 26 °C 26 °C 38 mm
4 Limassol Cyprus 26 °C 26 °C 13 mm
5 Murcia Spain 26 °C 26 °C 24 mm
6 Athens Greece 25 °C 25 °C 23 mm
7 Almería Spain 25 °C 25 °C 12 mm
8 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 25 °C 25 °C 30 mm
9 Badajoz Spain 25 °C 25 °C 38 mm
10 Zaragoza Spain 25 °C 25 °C 34 mm
11 Elche Spain 24 °C 24 °C 23 mm
12 Thessaloníki Greece 24 °C 24 °C 66 mm
13 Astrakhan Russia 24 °C 24 °C 26 mm
14 Valencia Spain 24 °C 24 °C 33 mm
15 Catania Italy 24 °C 24 °C 28 mm
16 Pátra Greece 23 °C 23 °C 53 mm
17 Granada Spain 23 °C 23 °C 50 mm
18 Skopje North Macedonia 23 °C 23 °C 50 mm
19 Craiova Romania 23 °C 23 °C 61 mm
20 Bologna Italy 23 °C 23 °C 78 mm
21 Alicante Spain 23 °C 23 °C 35 mm
22 Modena Italy 23 °C 23 °C 75 mm
23 Albacete Spain 23 °C 23 °C 38 mm
24 Reggio Calabria Italy 23 °C 23 °C 54 mm
25 Palma Spain 23 °C 23 °C 31 mm
26 Palermo Italy 23 °C 23 °C 36 mm
27 Parma Italy 23 °C 23 °C 85 mm
28 Tirana Albania 23 °C 23 °C 89 mm
29 Galaţi Romania 23 °C 23 °C 56 mm
30 Bucharest Romania 23 °C 23 °C 71 mm
31 Alcalá de Henares Spain 22 °C 22 °C 49 mm
32 Madrid Spain 22 °C 22 °C 38 mm
33 Taranto Italy 22 °C 22 °C 31 mm
34 Rome Italy 22 °C 22 °C 58 mm
35 Belgrade Serbia 22 °C 22 °C 70 mm
36 Verona Italy 22 °C 22 °C 110 mm
37 Szeged Hungary 22 °C 22 °C 58 mm
38 Tiraspol Moldova 22 °C 22 °C 46 mm
39 Reggio nell'Emilia Italy 22 °C 22 °C 86 mm
40 Timişoara Romania 22 °C 22 °C 71 mm
41 Niš Serbia 22 °C 22 °C 63 mm
42 Volgograd Russia 22 °C 22 °C 41 mm
43 Podgorica Montenegro 22 °C 22 °C 120 mm
44 Padua Italy 22 °C 22 °C 100 mm
45 Málaga Spain 22 °C 22 °C 25 mm
46 Ciudad Lineal Spain 22 °C 22 °C 38 mm
47 Plovdiv Bulgaria 22 °C 22 °C 57 mm
48 Messina Italy 22 °C 22 °C 47 mm
49 Chisinau Moldova 22 °C 22 °C 54 mm
50 Florence Italy 22 °C 22 °C 74 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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