Climate averages 1991–2020
Vitebsk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Vitebsk: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (76 km away). In May its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Vitebsk, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Vitebsk ranks joint 16th of 18 for the warmest May highs and joint 10th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 17.7°C; Vitebsk is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | -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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Orsha in MayBelarus · 76 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Polotsk in MayBelarus · 96 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in MayBelarus · 109 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Smolensk in MayRussia · 126 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in MayRussia · 130 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mahilyow in MayBelarus · 143 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Barysaw in MayBelarus · 153 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Minsk in MayBelarus · 223 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 70 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 Vitebsk) is explained once on the Vitebsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.