Minsk climate

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Minsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -7.3 °C. July is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Minsk averages 666 mm of rain, 21 days above 25 °C and 135 days below freezing.

Belarus · population 1,742,124 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 22 °C
Coldest month February -7.3 °C
Driest month February 34 mm
Wettest month July 90 mm
Least cloud August 58 % cloud
Hottest on record August 34 °C
Coldest on record February -32 °C

What to expectMinsk through the year

Minsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.2 °C in February to 22 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 21 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 135 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 90 mm against 34 mm in February — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.0 °C	40 mm	86 %
February	-2.2 °C	34 mm	83 %
March	3.0 °C	40 mm	71 %
April	11.4 °C	47 mm	62 %
May	17.1 °C	71 mm	61 %
June	20.5 °C	80 mm	59 %
July	22.5 °C	90 mm	58 %
August	21.9 °C	70 mm	58 %
September	16.3 °C	56 mm	66 %
October	9.5 °C	55 mm	74 %
November	3.0 °C	44 mm	86 %
December	-1.2 °C	40 mm	87 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-3.0 °C	-7.3 °C	-5.0 °C	10.3 °C	-31.8 °C	0	0	27
February	-2.2 °C	-7.3 °C	-4.5 °C	11.0 °C	-32.3 °C	0	0	25
March	3.0 °C	-4.0 °C	-0.4 °C	16.7 °C	-23.0 °C	0	0	24
April	11.4 °C	1.9 °C	6.9 °C	25.5 °C	-10.0 °C	0	0	10
May	17.1 °C	7.7 °C	12.8 °C	28.5 °C	-3.0 °C	1	0	1
June	20.5 °C	11.7 °C	16.5 °C	31.0 °C	3.4 °C	5	0	0
July	22.5 °C	14.0 °C	18.6 °C	32.1 °C	7.2 °C	8	1	0
August	21.9 °C	13.4 °C	17.8 °C	33.6 °C	6.3 °C	7	1	0
September	16.3 °C	8.8 °C	12.6 °C	30.8 °C	-0.5 °C	1	0	0
October	9.5 °C	3.7 °C	6.5 °C	23.0 °C	-12.6 °C	0	0	6
November	3.0 °C	-1.0 °C	1.1 °C	14.8 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	16
December	-1.2 °C	-5.1 °C	-3.0 °C	9.8 °C	-31.6 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	10	8.0 h/day	86 %	88 %	24 km/h
February	34 mm	9	9.8 h/day	83 %	87 %	24 km/h
March	40 mm	10	12 h/day	71 %	80 %	23 km/h
April	47 mm	9	14 h/day	62 %	71 %	21 km/h
May	71 mm	12	16 h/day	61 %	71 %	20 km/h
June	80 mm	13	17 h/day	59 %	72 %	19 km/h
July	90 mm	13	17 h/day	58 %	74 %	18 km/h
August	70 mm	11	15 h/day	58 %	72 %	18 km/h
September	56 mm	10	13 h/day	66 %	77 %	20 km/h
October	55 mm	10	11 h/day	74 %	83 %	21 km/h
November	44 mm	9	8.6 h/day	86 %	88 %	21 km/h
December	40 mm	10	7.4 h/day	87 %	89 %	23 km/h

How Minsk compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Minsk	22 °C	-7.3 °C	666 mm	21
Baranovichi · Belarus	23 °C	-6.3 °C	654 mm	25
Bobruysk · Belarus	24 °C	-7.0 °C	644 mm	29
Vilnius · Lithuania	23 °C	-5.9 °C	692 mm	20
Vitebsk · Belarus	23 °C	-8.2 °C	705 mm	21
Hrodna · Belarus	23 °C	-5.3 °C	654 mm	24
Kaunas · Lithuania	23 °C	-5.4 °C	660 mm	22

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Minsk.

QuestionsCommon questions about Minsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Minsk?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Minsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -7.3 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 135 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Minsk?

July, averaging 90 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 666 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Minsk rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 53.900°, 27.567° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.