Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Polotsk: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 52 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (13 km away). In July its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 18 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 18 cities is 23.2°C; Polotsk is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Polotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 43 | 10.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 3.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 75 | 12.3 | 17.417 h |
| July, selected | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 13.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 73 | 11.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 61 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.0°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 43 | 10.5 | 7.27 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
July in nearby cities
- Novopolotsk in JulyBelarus · 13 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Vitebsk in JulyBelarus · 96 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Barysaw in JulyBelarus · 141 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in JulyRussia · 145 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Daugavpils in JulyLatvia · 148 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Orsha in JulyBelarus · 150 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Maladziečna in JulyBelarus · 179 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Minsk in JulyBelarus · 193 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 91 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 Polotsk) is explained once on the Polotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.