Climate averages 1991–2020
Minsk weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Minsk: daytime highs average -2.1°C and nights cool to about -7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maladziečna (66 km away). In February its highs average -1.7°C, about as warm as Minsk, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Minsk ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 18 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is -1.3°C; Minsk is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Minsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 39 | 9.9 | 8.08 h |
| February, selected | -2.1°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 34 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 3.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 47 | 9.8 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 70 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 80 | 12.5 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 91 | 13.2 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 3.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 43 | 9.5 | 8.69 h |
| December | -1.2°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 39 | 10.0 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Maladziečna in FebruaryBelarus · 66 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in FebruaryBelarus · 71 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Soligorsk in FebruaryBelarus · 123 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Baranovichi in FebruaryBelarus · 134 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Bobruysk in FebruaryBelarus · 137 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -6.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Lida in FebruaryBelarus · 149 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -5.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in FebruaryLithuania · 172 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -5.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Mahilyow in FebruaryBelarus · 182 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
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 Minsk) is explained once on the Minsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.