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

15
  1. 1San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States12.6 h/day
  2. 2Vail 🇺🇸 United States12.6 h/day
  3. 3Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal12.4 h/day
  4. 4Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain12.4 h/day
  5. 5Athens 🇬🇷 Greece12.3 h/day
  6. 6Leh 🇮🇳 India12.3 h/day
  7. 7Marrakesh 🇲🇦 Morocco12.3 h/day
  8. 8Cairo 🇪🇬 Egypt12.3 h/day
  9. 9Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates12.2 h/day
  10. 10Varanasi 🇮🇳 India12.2 h/day
  11. 11Bukhara 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan12.2 h/day
  12. 12Los Angeles 🇺🇸 United States12.1 h/day
  13. 13Rome 🇮🇹 Italy12.0 h/day
  14. 14Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 Mongolia12.0 h/day
  15. 15Honolulu 🇺🇸 United States12.0 h/day

Cloudiest in May

15
  1. 1Queenstown 🇳🇿 New Zealand5.6 h/day
  2. 2San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 Argentina6.4 h/day
  3. 3Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina7.4 h/day
  4. 4Auckland 🇳🇿 New Zealand7.9 h/day
  5. 5Shanghai 🇨🇳 China8.3 h/day
  6. 6Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia8.4 h/day
  7. 7Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia8.5 h/day
  8. 8Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa8.6 h/day
  9. 9Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan8.7 h/day
  10. 10Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil8.8 h/day
  11. 11Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong Kong8.8 h/day
  12. 12Zanzibar 🇹🇿 Tanzania9.3 h/day
  13. 13New York 🇺🇸 United States9.3 h/day
  14. 14Nadi 🇫🇯 Fiji9.3 h/day
  15. 15Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore9.4 h/day