Where to go from Melbourne in May
Melbourne averages 16°C in May. These are at least 5° warmer, and in season.
This May, from Melbourne
In May, 33 of the 51 destinations are in season from Melbourne; fares were seen for 1 of them, 1 under 1,000 AUD, and the cheapest in season is Tokyo at 995 AUD.
Every destination in season, by fare
Bands are round numbers in AUD, not thresholds we measured; the fares inside them are: the median of what the scanner has seen for May departures from MEL, a return fare per adult, not a trip budget.
500 AUD to 1,000 AUD
| # | Place | Verdict | High | vs home | Rain | Flight | Fare | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tokyo Japan from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 23° | +7° | 10d | 10h 53m | 995 AUD | peak: Ideal spring weather and cherry blossom season attract tourists. |
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| # | Place | Verdict | High | vs home | Rain | Flight | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty Kazakhstan from MEL | good | 23° | +7° | 8d | 14h 42m | 23C max, 8 rainy days |
| 3 | London United Kingdom from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 18° | +2° | 7d | 21h 30m | shoulder season |
| 4 | Lisbon Portugal from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 23° | +7° | 3d | 22h 33m | shoulder season |
| 5 | Athens Greece from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 25° | +9° | 4d | 19h 06m | shoulder season |
| 6 | San Francisco United States from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 19° | +3° | 2d | 16h 21m | shoulder season |
| 7 | Baku Azerbaijan from MEL | goodbusy | 22° | +6° | 4d | 16h 44m | shoulder season |
| 8 | Prague Czechia from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 20° | +4° | 9d | 20h 19m | shoulder season |
| 9 | Tashkent Uzbekistan from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 29° | +13° | 5d | 15h 07m | peak: This period offers warm temperatures and abundant sunshine… |
| 10 | Budapest Hungary from MEL | goodbusy | 21° | +5° | 9d | 19h 51m | peak: This period coincides with warm weather and numerous festivals… |
| 11 | Barcelona Spain from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 21° | +5° | 6d | 21h 26m | shoulder season |
| 12 | Marrakech Morocco from MEL | goodbusy | 31° | +15° | 1d | 22h 12m | peak: The weather is warm and pleasant, making it ideal for outdoor… |
| 13 | Istanbul Turkey from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 20° | +4° | 8d | 18h 46m | shoulder season |
| 14 | Paris France from MEL | goodbusy | 20° | +4° | 10d | 21h 22m | peak: This period sees the most pleasant weather and numerous festivals… |
| 15 | Toronto Canada | sweet spotbusy | 17° cool | +1° | 8d | 20h 46m | shoulder season |
| 16 | Rome Italy from MEL | goodbusy | 22° | +6° | 7d | 20h 25m | shoulder season |
| 17 | Vienna Austria from MEL | goodbusy | 21° | +5° | 9d | 20h 06m | peak: This period coincides with warmer weather, attracting tourists… |
| 18 | Seoul South Korea from MEL | okbusy | 17° cool | +1° | 7d | 11h 22m | peak: Spring is a popular time due to cherry blossom festivals and mild… |
| 19 | Srinagar India from MEL | okbusy | 22° | +6° | 8d | 14h 02m | peak: This is the summer season, attracting many tourists for outdoor… |
| 20 | Amsterdam Netherlands from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 18° | +2° | 8d | 21h 05m | peak: This is the time when the tulips bloom, attracting many tourists. |
| 21 | Zurich Switzerland from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 18° | +2° | 13d | 20h 50m | shoulder season |
| 22 | Cape Town South Africa from MEL | okbusy | 21° | +5° | 6d | 13h 29m | shoulder season |
| 23 | New York United States from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 21° | +5° | 11d | 21h 15m | shoulder season |
| 24 | Leh India from MEL | okbusy | 13° cool | −3° | 10d | 13h 49m | shoulder season |
| 25 | Sydney Australia from MEL | okbusy | 20° | +4° | 8d | 1h 47m | shoulder season |
| 26 | Goa India from MEL | okbusy | 33° | +17° | 9d | 12h 27m | holidays: AU: May Day |
| 27 | Da Nang Vietnam from MEL | sweet spotbusy | 32° | +16° | 8d | 9h 34m | shoulder season |
| 28 | Tbilisi Georgia from MEL | okbusy | 23° | +7° | 11d | 17h 16m | peak: Warm weather and long daylight hours make it ideal for tourism. |
| 29 | Auckland New Zealand from MEL | okbusy | 18° | +2° | 9d | 4h 08m | holidays: AU: May Day |
| 30 | Nairobi Kenya from MEL | okbusy | 25° | +9° | 15d | 14h 55m | holidays: AU: May Day |
| 31 | Taipei Taiwan from MEL | okbusy | 28° | +12° | 14d | 9h 56m | shoulder season |
| 32 | Bali Indonesia from MEL | okbusy | 29° | +13° | 17d | 6h 16m | holidays: AU: May Day |
| 33 | Mauritius Mauritius from MEL | okbusy | 25° | +9° | 20d | 11h 09m | shoulder season |
Not this May
- Abu Dhabi extreme heat: 28 days over 35C
- Bangkok monsoon: 18 rainy days, 193mm
- Cairo extreme heat: 10 days over 35C
- Colombo monsoon: 26 rainy days, 347mm
- Doha extreme heat: 26 days over 35C
- Dubai extreme heat: 21 days over 35C
- Hanoi monsoon: 16 rainy days, 245mm
- Ho Chi Minh City monsoon: 23 rainy days, 245mm
- Hong Kong monsoon: 15 rainy days, 220mm
- Jaipur extreme heat: 29 days over 35C
- Kathmandu monsoon: 21 rainy days, 236mm
- Kochi monsoon: 28 rainy days, 551mm
- Kuala Lumpur monsoon: 25 rainy days, 332mm
- Muscat extreme heat: 28 days over 35C
- Phuket monsoon: 24 rainy days, 254mm
- Singapore monsoon: 23 rainy days, 199mm
- The Andaman Islands monsoon: 24 rainy days, 308mm
- The Maldives monsoon: 21 rainy days, 271mm
Narrow it
Other months from Melbourne
- January 34 in season
- February 40 in season
- March 44 in season
- April 40 in season
- May
- June 28 in season
- July 29 in season
- August 28 in season
- September 28 in season
- October 36 in season
- November 38 in season
- December 33 in season
- Everything from Melbourne
Flight times are estimated from the distance, so treat them as "about" — they assume a direct routing, which not every pair has. Fares are shown in AUD, converted at the European Central Bank's daily rate. A dash means we have not seen a fare on that route yet.
The climate is the destination's own and the same wherever you fly from. What changes with your city is the distance, the fare and the public holidays that crowd a place out, and those can move a month's verdict up or down a rung.
The climate is the destination's own; the label, the order, the crowd flag and the fare are as scored from MEL.
Fares from Melbourne for May have not been seen for enough places yet, so search engines are pointed at Where to go in May.