Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsha weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Orsha: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mahilyow (67 km away). In October its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Orsha, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Orsha ranks 15th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 10.1°C; Orsha is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 2.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mahilyow in OctoberBelarus · 67 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Vitebsk in OctoberBelarus · 76 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Smolensk in OctoberRussia · 110 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Barysaw in OctoberBelarus · 127 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Polotsk in OctoberBelarus · 150 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in OctoberBelarus · 161 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Bobruysk in OctoberBelarus · 171 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Zhlobin in OctoberBelarus · 182 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 55 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.