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
- 1San Francisco, United States12.5 h/day
- 2Lisbon, Portugal12.4 h/day
- 3Vail, United States12.4 h/day
- 4Marrakesh, Morocco12.4 h/day
- 5Barcelona, Spain12.3 h/day
- 6Athens, Greece12.3 h/day
- 7Bukhara, Uzbekistan12.3 h/day
- 8Dubai, United Arab Emirates12.2 h/day
- 9Leh, India12.2 h/day
- 10Los Angeles, United States12.2 h/day
- 11Cairo, Egypt12.2 h/day
- 12Honolulu, United States12.1 h/day
- 13Varanasi, India12.0 h/day
- 14Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia11.9 h/day
- 15Amsterdam, Netherlands11.8 h/day
Cloudiest in May
- 1Queenstown, New Zealand5.5 h/day
- 2San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina6.9 h/day
- 3Auckland, New Zealand7.6 h/day
- 4Buenos Aires, Argentina8.0 h/day
- 5Shanghai, China8.3 h/day
- 6Cape Town, South Africa8.5 h/day
- 7Sydney, Australia8.6 h/day
- 8Hong Kong, Hong Kong8.6 h/day
- 9Medellín, Colombia8.7 h/day
- 10Tokyo, Japan8.8 h/day
- 11Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9.0 h/day
- 12Nadi, Fiji9.1 h/day
- 13Zanzibar, Tanzania9.5 h/day
- 14Singapore, Singapore9.6 h/day
- 15Cartagena, Colombia10.1 h/day