Climate averages 1991–2020
Brest weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Brest: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siedlce (98 km away). In May its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Brest, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Brest ranks joint 2nd of 18 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 17.7°C; Brest is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 35 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 1.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 35 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 6.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 47 | 10.0 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 18.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 12.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 13.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 5.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 39 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 0.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 7.88 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Siedlce in MayPoland · 98 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Białystok in MayPoland · 120 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Lublin in MayPoland · 124 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Pinsk in MayBelarus · 160 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Wawer in MayPoland · 174 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Hrodna in MayBelarus · 174 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Praga Południe in MayPoland · 180 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Warsaw in MayPoland · 185 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 67 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brest) is explained once on the Brest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.