What May is like
An average high of 24.9 °C, only 11.1 mm of rain and 336.6 hours of sunshine. Visit Cyprus dates the start of the long, dry summer to mid-May, and May can bring the odd scorcher: the station’s hottest day between 1991 and 2020 was 42.5 °C, on 17 May 2020.
May is the sixth-warmest month of the year in Paphos and the eighth-wettest, with 3% of the year’s rain. By day it’s 3.1 °C warmer than April and 3.2 °C cooler than June.
Relative humidity at the airport averages 72% in May, against 70% over the year. These are the averages for Paphos Airport, on the coast 9 metres above the sea; Villa Prasino is in Peyia, on a hillside above the sea at Coral Bay, so take them as a guide to the season rather than a forecast.
What’s open in May
- Lifeguards are on duty on Coral Bay’s Blue Flag beach.
- The Kato Paphos archaeological park is on its summer hours, open until 19:30.
Flying to Paphos in May
May 2027 falls in the airlines’ summer 2027 timetable, when all 14 UK airports we cover fly to Paphos. The summer 2027 timetables weren’t out when we read them, so that count is from summer 2026. Our flights to Paphos from the UK page shows which days each airport flies.
Is May a good time to visit?
For walking and sightseeing, May is a good month: warm rather than hot, with an average high of 24.9 °C. Visit Cyprus gives no sea temperature for this month, so dip a toe before you plan a swim.
For ideas whatever the weather, see things to do in Coral Bay.
What to pack for May
Light layers for the day, plus something warmer for the evenings, when the average low is 15.2 °C.