Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahilyow weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Mahilyow: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (67 km away). In May its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Mahilyow, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Mahilyow ranks 10th of 18 for the warmest May highs and joint 10th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 17.7°C; Mahilyow is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 74 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
Mahilyow climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | -2.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.710 h |
| March | 2.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 45 | 9.6 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 17.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 66 | 11.6 | 15.916 h |
| June | 21.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 74 | 12.4 | 17.017 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 89 | 13.6 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 69 | 10.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 10.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | 2.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 45 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 7.58 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
- Orsha in MayBelarus · 67 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Bobruysk in MayBelarus · 113 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Zhlobin in MayBelarus · 115 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Barysaw in MayBelarus · 125 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Vitebsk in MayBelarus · 143 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Smolensk in MayRussia · 147 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Homyel' in MayBelarus · 169 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Minsk in MayBelarus · 182 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 70 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 Mahilyow) is explained once on the Mahilyow year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.