Minsk Weather in May
Minsk in May
The short of it: Minsk in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 62 mm · daylight 15 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Minsk an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 62 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 56 min in mid-May, 119 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Minsk runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Syenitsa, 8 km to the SSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Minsk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SyenitsaMinsk | 8 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| YubilyeynyMinsk | 9 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| ZhdanovichyMinsk | 10 km WNW | 18° | 7° | 61 mm |
| Vyaliki TrastsyanetsMinsk | 11 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |
| Bal’shavikMinsk | 11 km N | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |
| SchomyslitsaMinsk | 12 km SW | 18° | 7° | 60 mm |
| BorovlyanyMinsk | 13 km NNE | 17° | 7° | 62 mm |
| MachulishchyMinsk | 14 km S | 18° | 7° | 62 mm |