Climate averages 1991–2020
Vitebsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Vitebsk: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (76 km away). In January its highs average -3.2°C, about as warm as Vitebsk, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Vitebsk ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 18 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is -2.2°C; Vitebsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to -2.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Vitebsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 44 | 11.3 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 41 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| March | 2.8°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 66 | 12.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 | 12.2 | 17.317 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 13.6 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 76 | 11.6 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 62 | 11.5 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 51 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.5°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 45 | 11.0 | 7.37 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
January in nearby cities
- Orsha in JanuaryBelarus · 76 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 96 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 109 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Smolensk in JanuaryRussia · 126 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in JanuaryRussia · 130 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Mahilyow in JanuaryBelarus · 143 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.3°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in JanuaryBelarus · 153 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.0°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Minsk in JanuaryBelarus · 223 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
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 Vitebsk) is explained once on the Vitebsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.