United States
New York in May
🌷 SpringCool and some showers.
🎒 Pack: light layers · compact umbrella or rain jacket
Why May scores 8.9What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.7
- ✓Cool (17.1°C highs / 11.7°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 11.5°C)
- !Wet: ~114 mm rain, ~3 heavy-rain days
- Air quality8.8
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~13 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| May | Oct | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.9 Excellent | 9.0 Excellent |
| Season | 🌷 Spring | 🍂 Autumn |
| High / low | 17° / 12° | 18° / 13° |
| Rain | 114 mm | 132 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 12° | dew pt 12° |
| PM2.5 | 13 µg/m³ | 9 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsMay 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Memorial Day 29–31 May · 3 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore New YorkEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyThe largest city in the United States, known for its skyline, world-class museums, Broadway theatre, diverse neighbourhoods and food from every culture.
No major events on our calendar for May.
Coming up later
US Open TennisDate variesUsually late August to early September
The final tennis Grand Slam of the year.
Why go: Early-round grounds passes are easier to get.
Where: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens
New York City MarathonDate variesUsually the first Sunday of November
The world's largest marathon by finishers.
Why go: Many roads close; it is lively to watch along the route.
Where: Through all five boroughs, finishing in Central Park
Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeDate variesFourth Thursday of November
A parade with giant character balloons and floats.
Why go: Spectators arrive very early for street spots.
Where: Central Park West to Herald Square
Central Park
A huge landscaped park in Manhattan with lakes, lawns and walking paths.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the world's largest art museums, spanning 5,000 years of art.
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
The famous statue and the former immigration station, reached by ferry from Battery Park.
💡 Buy ferry tickets only from the official operator.
Brooklyn Bridge
A 19th-century suspension bridge with a pedestrian walkway and skyline views.
9/11 Memorial and Museum
Reflecting pools in the footprints of the Twin Towers and a museum on the attacks.
Broadway
The Theater District around Times Square with major musicals and plays.
New York pizza
Large, thin, foldable slices sold at counters across the city.
Bagel with lox and cream cheese
Boiled and baked bagels topped with smoked salmon and cream cheese.
Pastrami on rye
Spiced cured beef piled into a rye bread sandwich.
💡 Jewish delis such as Katz's on the Lower East Side, open since 1888
New York cheesecake
Dense, rich baked cream-cheese cake.
Halal cart chicken and rice
Chicken or lamb over rice with white sauce from street carts.
I Love NY merchandise
The famous logo designed by Milton Glaser on shirts and mugs.
Museum shop items
Prints, books and design objects.
💡 Shops at the Met and MoMA
Broadway souvenirs
Show programmes and merchandise.
💡 Theatre lobbies
Airport transfer Kiwitaxi
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