Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk 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 Polotsk: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (13 km away). In October its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks joint 16th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 10.1°C; Polotsk is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 2.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 49 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Novopolotsk in OctoberBelarus · 13 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Vitebsk in OctoberBelarus · 96 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Barysaw in OctoberBelarus · 141 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in OctoberRussia · 145 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Daugavpils in OctoberLatvia · 148 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Orsha in OctoberBelarus · 150 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Maladziečna in OctoberBelarus · 179 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Minsk in OctoberBelarus · 193 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 53 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.