Climate averages 1991–2020
Homyel' weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Homyel': daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhlobin (82 km away). In May its highs average 18.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Homyel', with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Homyel' ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 17.7°C; Homyel' is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 69 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
Homyel' climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.5°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 36 | 9.2 | 8.38 h |
| February | -1.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 4.2°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 38 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 69 | 11.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 84 | 13.0 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 56 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 52 | 8.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | 3.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 43 | 8.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | -1.0°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 41 | 9.5 | 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
- Zhlobin in MayBelarus · 82 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Chernihiv in MayUkraine · 105 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Mazyr in MayBelarus · 127 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Bobruysk in MayBelarus · 143 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Mahilyow in MayBelarus · 169 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Shostka in MayUkraine · 182 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Konotop in MayUkraine · 203 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Brovary in MayUkraine · 214 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 59 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 Homyel') is explained once on the Homyel' year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.