Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsha 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 Orsha: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 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 16 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mahilyow (67 km away). In May its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Orsha, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Orsha ranks 13th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 17.7°C; Orsha is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 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
Orsha 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-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 41 | 10.2 | 7.98 h |
| February | -2.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 39 | 9.8 | 9.710 h |
| March | 2.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 17.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.8 | 16.016 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 | 11.9 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 13.2 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 73 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 9.9 | 8.59 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 40 | 10.0 | 7.47 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
- Mahilyow in MayBelarus · 67 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Vitebsk in MayBelarus · 76 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Smolensk in MayRussia · 110 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Barysaw in MayBelarus · 127 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Polotsk in MayBelarus · 150 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in MayBelarus · 161 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Bobruysk in MayBelarus · 171 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Zhlobin in MayBelarus · 182 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 64 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 Orsha) is explained once on the Orsha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.