Minsk weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇾 Belarus · city break · continental climate

The best time to visit Minsk is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August and July close behind. Minsk averages about 1,717 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 80 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

1,717

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

74/100

Rain / year

747 mm

Snow / year

≈1.9 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

1.8M

Elevation

198 m

When is the best time to visit Minsk?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Minsk is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 51 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Minsk?

Minsk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,717 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate June (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 3 destinations in Belarus for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,811 hours. The year's 747 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Vilnius Lithuania · 197 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr
• Kaunas Lithuania · 282 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
• Riga Latvia · 424 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
• Boryspil Ukraine · 439 km · best in Aug · 1,923 h sun/yr
• Lublin Poland · 465 km · best in Sep · 1,678 h sun/yr
• Kaliningrad Russia · 494 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Mogilev Belarus · 135 km · 1,811 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Gomel Belarus · 249 km · 1,852 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Rivne Ukraine · 387 km · 1,804 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Bryansk Russia · 412 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Aug

Head-to-head

How Minsk compares month by month: Minsk vs Riga · Minsk vs Vilnius · Minsk vs Kaunas · all comparisons