Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Polotsk: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (13 km away). In September its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest September highs and joint 16th of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 16.8°C; Polotsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 61 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Novopolotsk in SeptemberBelarus · 13 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Vitebsk in SeptemberBelarus · 96 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Barysaw in SeptemberBelarus · 141 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in SeptemberRussia · 145 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Daugavpils in SeptemberLatvia · 148 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Orsha in SeptemberBelarus · 150 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Maladziečna in SeptemberBelarus · 179 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Minsk in SeptemberBelarus · 193 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.1°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 Polotsk) is explained once on the Polotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.