Minsk, Belarus climate

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental

Minsk has a seasonal cold-temperate climate (Warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 76°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 21°F at night. Around 26 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in July (3.5 inches) and easing off in December (1.6 inches). At latitude 54°N, day length swings from 7.2 hours in midwinter to 16.8 hours at midsummer.

☀️ Summers

Mild

Highs near 76°F in July.

About 2 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Cold

Lows near 21°F in January.

About 105 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 26 in of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

+1.5 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Minsk climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	29	31	40	55	66	72	76	75	64	50	38	30
Avg temp (°F)	25	26	33	46	56	63	67	65	56	43	34	26
Avg low (°F)	21	21	26	37	47	54	58	56	47	38	30	22
Precipitation (in)	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8	2.6	3.0	3.5	2.8	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	29	31	40	55	66	72
Avg temp (°F)	25	26	33	46	56	63
Avg low (°F)	21	21	26	37	47	54
Precipitation (in)	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8	2.6	3.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	76	75	64	50	38	30
Avg temp (°F)	67	65	56	43	34	26
Avg low (°F)	58	56	47	38	30	22
Precipitation (in)	3.5	2.8	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.6

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	17	14	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	13	15
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	0.5	0.9	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	21	19	18	7	0.9	—	—	—	0.6	6	13	20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	17	14	12	9	9	9
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	21	19	18	7	0.9	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	9	9	9	10	13	15
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.5	0.9	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	—	—	0.6	6	13	20

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	76	76	72	66	66	63	65	62	67	73	79	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	2	2	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	7	7	8	10	12	12	12	9	7	6	6
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	19	20	17	17	14	15	14	16	21	22	21
Relative humidity (%)	97	96	91	83	80	79	80	77	80	88	94	97
Wind speed (mph)	8.5	8.3	7.8	6.8	6.4	6.1	5.6	5.6	6.3	7.2	7.6	8.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	76	76	72	66	66	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	2	2	3	5	4	4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	7	7	8	10	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	19	20	17	17	14
Relative humidity (%)	97	96	91	83	80	79
Wind speed (mph)	8.5	8.3	7.8	6.8	6.4	6.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	65	62	67	73	79	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	5	4	4	2	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	12	9	7	6	6
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	15	14	16	21	22	21
Relative humidity (%)	80	77	80	88	94	97
Wind speed (mph)	5.6	5.6	6.3	7.2	7.6	8.1

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Minsk, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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