Deserts in May
3 of the 10 deserts are in season in May: 3 a sweet spot, 0 good, 0 ok.
May is a sweet spot at 3 of these 10 places: Marrakech, The Grand Canyon and Zion. Best avoided at 7 of them.
Ranked for May
| # | Place | Verdict | High | Rain | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marrakech Morocco | sweet spot | 31° | 1d | 31C max, 1 rainy day |
| 2 | The Grand Canyon United States | sweet spotbusy | 21° | 3d | busier than usual |
| 3 | Zion United States | sweet spotbusy | 26° | 2d | busier than usual |
Not this May
- Abu Dhabi extreme heat: 20 days over 35C
- Cairo extreme heat: 14 days over 35C
- Doha extreme heat: 26 days over 35C
- Dubai extreme heat: 21 days over 35C
- Muscat extreme heat: 27 days over 35C
- Riyadh extreme heat: 28 days over 35C
- Scottsdale extreme heat: 15 days over 35C
Other months for Deserts
- January 2 sweet
- February 1 sweet
- March 3 sweet
- April 6 sweet
- May
- June 3 sweet
- July 1 sweet
- August 0 sweet
- September 2 sweet
- October 4 sweet
- November 1 sweet
- December 1 sweet
- Every month, side by side
May elsewhere
Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Deserts as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.