Sunshine by destination in May

Notable, well-known destinations ranked by sunshine in May, from real monthly climate normals — the sunniest and the cloudiest. Tap any place for its full May weather breakdown.

Sunniest in May

  1. 1San Francisco, United States12.5 h/day
  2. 2Lisbon, Portugal12.4 h/day
  3. 3Vail, United States12.4 h/day
  4. 4Marrakesh, Morocco12.4 h/day
  5. 5Barcelona, Spain12.3 h/day
  6. 6Athens, Greece12.3 h/day
  7. 7Bukhara, Uzbekistan12.3 h/day
  8. 8Dubai, United Arab Emirates12.2 h/day
  9. 9Leh, India12.2 h/day
  10. 10Los Angeles, United States12.2 h/day
  11. 11Cairo, Egypt12.2 h/day
  12. 12Honolulu, United States12.1 h/day
  13. 13Varanasi, India12.0 h/day
  14. 14Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia11.9 h/day
  15. 15Amsterdam, Netherlands11.8 h/day

Cloudiest in May

  1. 1Queenstown, New Zealand5.5 h/day
  2. 2San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina6.9 h/day
  3. 3Auckland, New Zealand7.6 h/day
  4. 4Buenos Aires, Argentina8.0 h/day
  5. 5Shanghai, China8.3 h/day
  6. 6Cape Town, South Africa8.5 h/day
  7. 7Sydney, Australia8.6 h/day
  8. 8Hong Kong, Hong Kong8.6 h/day
  9. 9Medellín, Colombia8.7 h/day
  10. 10Tokyo, Japan8.8 h/day
  11. 11Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9.0 h/day
  12. 12Nadi, Fiji9.1 h/day
  13. 13Zanzibar, Tanzania9.5 h/day
  14. 14Singapore, Singapore9.6 h/day
  15. 15Cartagena, Colombia10.1 h/day