Climate guideThirty-year normals for Minsk
Minsk climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation684 mm149 wet days a year
53.90° N, 27.57° EElevation 222 mUTC+3 · Moscow Standard Time
When to goMinsk · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low10° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Minsk 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 24° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 684 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (90 mm, 17 wet days) and September the driest (57 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in July to 67% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -7° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 26 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° | -1° | 5° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 18° | 10° | 4° | -1° |
| Average low | -7° | -6° | -3° | 2° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 8° | 3° | -1° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 44 mm | 36 mm | 43 mm | 40 mm | 65 mm | 90 mm | 90 mm | 69 mm | 57 mm | 54 mm | 46 mm | 50 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12.9 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| Cloud cover | 64% | 61% | 50% | 42% | 37% | 36% | 34% | 34% | 43% | 50% | 65% | 67% |
| Daylight | 7h 58 | 9h 47 | 11h 47 | 14h 00 | 15h 56 | 17h 05 | 16h 37 | 14h 54 | 12h 46 | 10h 38 | 8h 36 | 7h 26 |
| Month score | 13 | 19 | 24 | 44 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 72 | 23 | 15 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Minsk in every month
January13
-2° / -7°
44 mm · 12.9 wet days
February19
-1° / -6°
36 mm · 11.2 wet days
March24
5° / -3°
43 mm · 10.8 wet days
April44
13° / 2°
40 mm · 10.2 wet days
May64
19° / 7°
65 mm · 14.3 wet days
June65
22° / 11°
90 mm · 15.3 wet days
July65
24° / 13°
90 mm · 16.6 wet days
August69
24° / 12°
69 mm · 12.4 wet days
September72
18° / 8°
57 mm · 8.8 wet days
October23
10° / 3°
54 mm · 12.3 wet days
November15
4° / -1°
46 mm · 12.1 wet days
December15
-1° / -5°
50 mm · 11.7 wet days