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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gomel
Gomel climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation660 mm133 wet days a year
52.43° N, 30.98° EElevation 138 mUTC+3 · Moscow Standard Time
When to goGomel · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low12° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gomel has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 660 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (92 mm, 15 wet days) and September the driest (61 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in August to 70% in December.
Compared with Minsk, the capital, Gomel is 1.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -7° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 31% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 42 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -2° | 0° | 6° | 14° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 19° | 12° | 4° | 0° |
| Average low | -7° | -6° | -2° | 4° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 14° | 9° | 4° | 0° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 37 mm | 36 mm | 36 mm | 42 mm | 58 mm | 82 mm | 92 mm | 63 mm | 61 mm | 57 mm | 52 mm | 44 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.9 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.7 |
| Cloud cover | 66% | 62% | 52% | 43% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 31% | 41% | 49% | 66% | 70% |
| Daylight | 8h 12 | 9h 55 | 11h 48 | 13h 54 | 15h 43 | 16h 47 | 16h 21 | 14h 45 | 12h 44 | 10h 42 | 8h 47 | 7h 42 |
| Month score | 15 | 19 | 25 | 52 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 78 | 76 | 34 | 19 | 14 |
ivMonth by month
Gomel in every month
January15
-2° / -7°
37 mm · 11.9 wet days
February19
0° / -6°
36 mm · 10.7 wet days
March25
6° / -2°
36 mm · 10.2 wet days
April52
14° / 4°
42 mm · 9.2 wet days
May68
20° / 10°
58 mm · 12.9 wet days
June67
24° / 13°
82 mm · 13.4 wet days
July62
26° / 15°
92 mm · 14.7 wet days
August78
25° / 14°
63 mm · 9.3 wet days
September76
19° / 9°
61 mm · 8.3 wet days
October34
12° / 4°
57 mm · 10.1 wet days
November19
4° / 0°
52 mm · 10.2 wet days
December14
0° / -5°
44 mm · 11.7 wet days