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The warmest places in the world in May: ranked by average high temperature

Dadu tops the list at 43 °C in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in May: Dadu (43 °C) , Garhi Khairo (43 °C) , Nawabshah (43 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 2.8 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine
1 Dadu Pakistan 43 °C 43 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 394 h
2 Garhi Khairo Pakistan 43 °C 43 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 397 h
3 Nawabshah Pakistan 43 °C 43 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 393 h
4 Jacobabad Pakistan 42 °C 42 °C 26 °C 4 mm 1 396 h
5 Sukkur Pakistan 42 °C 42 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 394 h
6 Sinjhoro Pakistan 42 °C 42 °C 26 °C 8 mm 1 394 h
7 Kota India 42 °C 42 °C 29 °C 5 mm 2 378 h
8 Kayes Mali 42 °C 42 °C 29 °C 5 mm 1 368 h
9 Chānda India 42 °C 42 °C 30 °C 9 mm 2 382 h
10 Rahim Yar Khan Pakistan 42 °C 42 °C 26 °C 6 mm 2 388 h
11 Nagpur India 42 °C 42 °C 29 °C 7 mm 2 386 h
12 Bilāspur India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 13 mm 3 387 h
13 Arif Wala Pakistan 41 °C 41 °C 25 °C 8 mm 2 393 h
14 Bānda India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 8 mm 3 393 h
15 Tonk India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 7 mm 2 378 h
16 Amravati India 41 °C 41 °C 29 °C 6 mm 1 381 h
17 Orai India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 9 mm 3 391 h
18 Jhānsi India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 7 mm 2 391 h
19 Bikaner India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 11 mm 2 380 h
20 Durg India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 15 mm 3 389 h
21 Wad Medani Sudan 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 10 mm 3 368 h
22 Raipur India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 17 mm 4 387 h
23 Punāsa India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 5 mm 1 378 h
24 Gwalior India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 9 mm 3 390 h
25 Rāmgundam India 41 °C 41 °C 30 °C 15 mm 3 376 h
26 Burhānpur India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 375 h
27 Hyderabad Pakistan 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 9 mm 1 395 h
28 Korba India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 14 mm 4 386 h
29 Khandwa India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 5 mm 1 376 h
30 Surendranagar India 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 2 mm 1 381 h
31 Morena India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 9 mm 3 389 h
32 Bhusawal India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 3 mm 1 373 h
33 Mopti Mali 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 7 mm 2 360 h
34 Murwāra India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 5 mm 2 394 h
35 Akola India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 5 mm 1 376 h
36 Raigarh India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 25 mm 5 379 h
37 Satna India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 8 mm 3 394 h
38 Khartoum Sudan 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 4 mm 1 370 h
39 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 41 °C 41 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 390 h
40 Nanded India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 9 mm 2 373 h
41 Bahawalpur Pakistan 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 9 mm 2 387 h
42 Bharatpur India 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 13 mm 4 388 h
43 Rāj-Nāndgaon India 41 °C 41 °C 29 °C 13 mm 3 389 h
44 Vidisha India 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 6 mm 1 386 h
45 Jalgaon India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 3 mm 1 372 h
46 Jabalpur India 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 393 h
47 Sūjāngarh India 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 12 mm 3 378 h
48 Rewa India 41 °C 41 °C 26 °C 7 mm 3 395 h
49 Dhule India 40 °C 40 °C 27 °C 6 mm 1 371 h
50 Bhilwara India 40 °C 40 °C 27 °C 5 mm 2 375 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. Kayes 42 °C
  2. N'Djamena 41 °C
  3. Wad Medani 41 °C
  4. Singa 41 °C
  5. Niamey 41 °C

Full ranking for April

June: top 5

  1. Grytviken -0.5 °C
  2. Longyearbyen 3.3 °C
  3. Port-aux-Français 4.4 °C
  4. Stanley 5.1 °C
  5. Nuuk 8.8 °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 the world 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. 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.