Best in Europe in May

Regional seasonal picks ranked by weather, cost, events, hub activity, and air quality.

Destinations

955 cities in Europe

Seasonal destination scores

Rank	City	Score	Season	Weather	Cost	Events	Links
#1	ES Valencia Spain	85	Dry comfort window	19.4°C 4.6 rain days	$3,784	22	City
#2	MT Sliema Malta	84	Dry comfort window	20.0°C 4.3 rain days	$3,469	36	City
#3	PT Lisbon Portugal	83	Dry comfort window	18.3°C 2.5 rain days	$3,963	74	City
#4	AZ Baku Azerbaijan	82	Shoulder season	18.1°C 6.4 rain days	$1,650	11	City
#5	ES Madrid Spain	79	Shoulder season	18.2°C 5.8 rain days	$4,541	67	City
#6	PT Funchal Portugal	79	Shoulder season	18.6°C 10.8 rain days	$2,261	8	City
#7	TR Istanbul Turkey	77	Shoulder season	16.7°C 8.5 rain days	$2,851	88	City
#8	HU Budapest Hungary	76	Shoulder season	16.1°C 10.5 rain days	$2,865	13	City
#9	ES Alicante Spain	75	Dry comfort window	19.9°C 5.0 rain days	$3,570	2	City
#10	TR Side Turkey	74	Dry comfort window	21.0°C 4.6 rain days	$902	0	City
#11	CZ Prague Czech Republic	74	Shoulder season	14.4°C 11.4 rain days	$3,188	36	City
#12	CY Limassol Cyprus	74	Dry comfort window	22.3°C 1.4 rain days	$3,203	0	City
#13	IT Rome Italy	74	Shoulder season	18.4°C 11.2 rain days	$4,437	25	City
#14	TR Antalya Turkey	74	Shoulder season	21.4°C 5.8 rain days	$2,375	0	City
#15	TR Kas Turkey	73	Dry comfort window	21.6°C 3.7 rain days	$1,273	0	City
#16	ES Barcelona Spain	73	Shoulder season	17.7°C 8.3 rain days	$4,500	71	City
#17	FR Montpellier France	73	Shoulder season	17.8°C 7.4 rain days	$3,266	2	City
#18	CY Nicosia Cyprus	73	Dry comfort window	22.8°C 4.3 rain days	$2,567	0	City
#19	TR Marmaris Turkey	73	Dry comfort window	21.6°C 4.6 rain days	$1,073	0	City
#20	CY Paphos Cyprus	73	Dry comfort window	20.9°C 3.9 rain days	$2,660	0	City
#21	TR Oludeniz Turkey	72	Shoulder season	19.2°C 5.2 rain days	$753	0	City
#22	GR Athens Greece	72	Dry comfort window	20.3°C 4.8 rain days	$3,252	0	City
#23	TR Pamukkale Turkey	72	Shoulder season	21.0°C 7.0 rain days	$724	0	City
#24	TR Çeşme Turkey	72	Dry comfort window	20.1°C 3.5 rain days	$1,265	0	City
#25	TR Selcuk Turkey	72	Shoulder season	21.1°C 6.2 rain days	$707	0	City
#26	TR Kalkan Turkey	72	Dry comfort window	21.0°C 3.3 rain days	$1,009	0	City
#27	ES Granada Spain	72	Dry comfort window	18.8°C 5.0 rain days	$2,704	0	City
#28	TR Dalaman Turkey	72	Shoulder season	20.4°C 5.2 rain days	$744	0	City
#29	TR Ayvalik Turkey	72	Dry comfort window	19.4°C 4.1 rain days	$1,204	0	City
#30	TR Izmir Turkey	72	Shoulder season	21.2°C 5.6 rain days	$2,605	0	City
#31	AT Vienna Austria	72	Shoulder season	15.2°C 12.4 rain days	$3,946	25	City
#32	PT Olhao Portugal	72	Dry comfort window	20.4°C 2.5 rain days	$2,605	0	City
#33	TR Kusadasi Turkey	72	Dry comfort window	20.7°C 5.0 rain days	$1,286	0	City
#34	TR Mugla Turkey	72	Shoulder season	18.1°C 6.2 rain days	$1,156	0	City
#35	CY Larnaca Cyprus	72	Dry comfort window	22.4°C 2.3 rain days	$3,354	0	City
#36	PT Almada Portugal	72	Dry comfort window	18.3°C 2.5 rain days	$1,952	0	City
#37	ES Los Cristianos Spain	72	Dry comfort window	19.8°C 1.2 rain days	$3,056	0	City
#38	FR Nice France	71	Shoulder season	17.8°C 8.3 rain days	$4,067	7	City
#39	ES Nerja Spain	71	Dry comfort window	21.4°C 5.0 rain days	$2,410	0	City
#40	TR Datca Turkey	71	Dry comfort window	21.1°C 3.3 rain days	$958	0	City