Vitebsk climate

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Vitebsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.2 °C. July is the wettest month (89 mm) and March the driest (41 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vitebsk averages 705 mm of rain, 21 days above 25 °C and 139 days below freezing.

Belarus · population 358,927 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month February -8.2 °C
Driest month March 41 mm
Wettest month July 89 mm
Least cloud July 60 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record February -34 °C

What to expectVitebsk through the year

Vitebsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.4 °C in February to 23 °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, 139 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 89 mm against 41 mm in March — 2.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.1 °C	45 mm	88 %
February	-2.4 °C	41 mm	83 %
March	2.8 °C	41 mm	72 %
April	11.1 °C	44 mm	65 %
May	17.0 °C	67 mm	61 %
June	20.7 °C	74 mm	60 %
July	22.6 °C	89 mm	60 %
August	21.5 °C	76 mm	60 %
September	15.9 °C	65 mm	68 %
October	8.9 °C	64 mm	77 %
November	2.5 °C	53 mm	87 %
December	-1.5 °C	46 mm	89 %

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	-3.1 °C	-7.6 °C	-5.2 °C	10.5 °C	-30.5 °C	0	0	27
February	-2.4 °C	-8.2 °C	-5.1 °C	9.4 °C	-33.6 °C	0	0	25
March	2.8 °C	-4.4 °C	-0.7 °C	17.4 °C	-22.6 °C	0	0	25
April	11.1 °C	1.5 °C	6.5 °C	25.2 °C	-9.0 °C	0	0	11
May	17.0 °C	7.7 °C	12.8 °C	29.9 °C	-3.3 °C	2	0	1
June	20.7 °C	11.9 °C	16.7 °C	30.5 °C	2.9 °C	5	0	0
July	22.6 °C	14.3 °C	18.8 °C	32.9 °C	6.0 °C	8	1	0
August	21.5 °C	13.4 °C	17.6 °C	36.1 °C	6.1 °C	6	1	0
September	15.9 °C	8.8 °C	12.4 °C	27.4 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0	0
October	8.9 °C	3.6 °C	6.2 °C	22.8 °C	-8.9 °C	0	0	7
November	2.5 °C	-1.3 °C	0.6 °C	13.3 °C	-27.0 °C	0	0	17
December	-1.5 °C	-5.3 °C	-3.3 °C	9.8 °C	-31.8 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	45 mm	11	7.8 h/day	88 %	86 %	19 km/h
February	41 mm	10	9.6 h/day	83 %	85 %	18 km/h
March	41 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	78 %	19 km/h
April	44 mm	9	14 h/day	65 %	71 %	18 km/h
May	67 mm	12	16 h/day	61 %	70 %	17 km/h
June	74 mm	12	17 h/day	60 %	71 %	16 km/h
July	89 mm	13	17 h/day	60 %	74 %	15 km/h
August	76 mm	11	15 h/day	60 %	74 %	16 km/h
September	65 mm	10	13 h/day	68 %	78 %	17 km/h
October	64 mm	11	11 h/day	77 %	83 %	18 km/h
November	53 mm	10	8.4 h/day	87 %	86 %	18 km/h
December	46 mm	11	7.2 h/day	89 %	87 %	19 km/h

How Vitebsk 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
Vitebsk	23 °C	-8.2 °C	705 mm	21
Smolensk · Russia	22 °C	-9.1 °C	703 mm	18
Minsk · Belarus	22 °C	-7.3 °C	666 mm	21
Bobruysk · Belarus	24 °C	-7.0 °C	644 mm	29
Homyel' · Belarus	24 °C	-7.0 °C	627 mm	37
Pskov · Russia	22 °C	-8.0 °C	672 mm	15

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vitebsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vitebsk?

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 March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Vitebsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.2 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 139 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vitebsk?

July, averaging 89 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is March with 41 mm. The year as a whole averages 705 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 Vitebsk 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: 55.190°, 30.205° (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.