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BestAcceptableAvoidCovering all 199 countries · updated 2026-05-04
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May — at a glance.
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May — 93 best · 87 acceptable · 19 avoid
◉ Best in May · 93
Afghanistan· Mild weatherAlbania· Mild weatherAlgeria· Mild weatherAngola· Dry seasonArmenia· Mild weatherAustria· Mild weatherAzerbaijan· Mild weatherBelarus· Mild weatherBelgium· Mild weatherBelize· Dry seasonBhutan· Mild weatherBolivia· Dry seasonBosnia and Herzegovina· Mild weatherBotswana· Peak wildlife viewingBulgaria· Mild weatherCanada· Mild weatherCape Verde· Dry seasonComoros· Dry seasonCroatia· Mild weatherCyprus· Mild weatherCzech Republic· Mild weatherDenmark· Mild weatherEstonia· Mild weatherFiji· Dry seasonFrance· Mild weatherGeorgia· Mild weatherGermany· Mild weatherGreece· Mild weatherHungary· Mild weatherIndonesia· Dry seasonIran· Mild weatherIreland· Mild weatherIsrael· Mild weatherItaly· Mild weatherJordan· Mild weatherKazakhstan· Mild weatherKiribati· Dry seasonKosovo· Mild weatherLatvia· Mild weatherLebanon· Mild weatherLithuania· Mild weatherLuxembourg· Mild weatherMadagascar· Dry seasonMalawi· Peak wildlife viewingMalaysia· Dry seasonMalta· Mild weatherMauritius· Dry seasonMoldova· Mild weatherMonaco· Major festivalMontenegro· Mild weatherMorocco· Mild weatherMozambique· Dry seasonNamibia· Peak wildlife viewingNauru· Dry seasonNepal· Mild weatherNetherlands· Mild weatherNorth Korea· Mild weatherNorth Macedonia· Mild weatherPakistan· Mild weatherPalestine· Mild weatherPapua New Guinea· Dry seasonParaguay· Mild weatherPeru· Dry seasonPoland· Mild weatherPortugal· Mild weatherRomania· Mild weatherRussia· Mild weatherSamoa· Dry seasonSan Marino· Mild weatherSenegal· Dry seasonSerbia· Mild weatherSlovakia· Mild weatherSlovenia· Mild weatherSolomon Islands· Dry seasonSouth Africa· Peak wildlife viewingSouth Korea· Mild weatherSpain· Mild weatherSwaziland· Mild weatherSweden· Mild weatherSwitzerland· Mild weatherTimor-Leste· Dry seasonTonga· Dry seasonTunisia· Mild weatherTurkey· Mild weatherTuvalu· Dry seasonUkraine· Mild weatherUnited Kingdom· Mild weatherUnited States· Mild weatherUzbekistan· Mild weatherVanuatu· Dry seasonVatican· Mild weatherZambia· Peak wildlife viewingZimbabwe· Peak wildlife viewing
◉ Acceptable in May · 87
Andorra· Mild weatherAntigua and Barbuda· Transitional seasonArgentina· Extreme coldAustralia· Transitional seasonBahamas· Transitional seasonBahrain· Extreme heatBangladesh· Extreme heatBarbados· Transitional seasonBenin· Heavy rainBrazil· Transitional seasonBrunei· Extreme heatBurundi· Transitional seasonCambodia· Extreme heatCameroon· Heavy rainCentral African Republic· Heavy rainChile· Extreme coldChina· Extreme heatColombia· Heavy rainCongo· Heavy rainCosta Rica· Transitional seasonCuba· Transitional seasonDjibouti· Extreme heatDominica· Transitional seasonDominican Republic· Transitional seasonDR Congo· Heavy rainEcuador· Transitional seasonEgypt· Extreme heatEl Salvador· Transitional seasonEquatorial Guinea· Heavy rainEritrea· Extreme heatEthiopia· Heavy rainFinland· Transitional seasonGabon· Heavy rainGambia· Extreme heatGhana· Heavy rainGrenada· Transitional seasonGuatemala· Transitional seasonGuinea-Bissau· Heavy rainGuyana· Heavy rainHaiti· Heavy rainHonduras· Transitional seasonHong Kong· Heavy humidityIceland· Transitional seasonIraq· Extreme heatIvory Coast· Heavy rainJamaica· Transitional seasonJapan· Transitional seasonKyrgyzstan· Transitional seasonLaos· Extreme heatLesotho· Extreme coldLiberia· Heavy rainLibya· Extreme heatLiechtenstein· Mild weatherMacao· Heavy humidityMaldives· Transitional seasonMarshall Islands· Transitional seasonMexico· Extreme heatMicronesia· Transitional seasonMongolia· Transitional seasonNew Zealand· Extreme coldNicaragua· Transitional seasonNorway· Transitional seasonPalau· Transitional seasonPanama· Transitional seasonPhilippines· Extreme heatRwanda· Heavy rainSaint Kitts and Nevis· Transitional seasonSaint Lucia· Transitional seasonSaint Vincent and the Grenadines· Transitional seasonSao Tome and Principe· Heavy rainSeychelles· Dry seasonSierra Leone· Extreme heatSingapore· Heavy humiditySri Lanka· Monsoon rainsSuriname· Heavy rainSyria· Extreme heatTaiwan· Heavy humidityTajikistan· Transitional seasonThailand· Extreme heatTogo· Heavy rainTrinidad and Tobago· Transitional seasonTurkmenistan· Extreme heatUganda· Heavy rainUruguay· Extreme coldVenezuela· Heavy rainVietnam· Extreme heatYemen· Extreme heat
◉ Avoid in May · 19
Burkina Faso· Extreme heatChad· Extreme heatGuinea· Heavy rainIndia· Extreme heatKenya· Monsoon rainsKuwait· Extreme heatMali· Extreme heatMauritania· Extreme heatMyanmar· Extreme heatNiger· Extreme heatNigeria· Heavy rainOman· Extreme heatQatar· Extreme heatSaudi Arabia· Extreme heatSomalia· Heavy rainSouth Sudan· Heavy rainSudan· Extreme heatTanzania· Monsoon rainsUnited Arab Emirates· Extreme heat
◉ How this works
Hand-curated, not guessed.
Every month for every country is tagged with a single reason — "monsoon", "peak crowds + prices", "dry season", "hurricane peak" — drawn from a fixed vocabulary of 19 tags so the matrix stays consistent across all 199 countries.
Pick a month above to find every country at its best. Or look up a specific country to see its 12-month rating strip, with the reason behind every cell. Tropical countries usually have one or two clearly bad months (monsoon, cyclone); temperate countries have a comfortable spring + autumn shoulder; ski destinations flip — winter peaks, summer is the off-season.
The data is curated from public climate norms + travel experience and reviewed by hand. Spotted something off? Hit us on X — corrections land in the next monthly review.