Vitebsk Weather in May
Vitebsk in May
The short of it: Vitebsk in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 16 h 9 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 59 mm · daylight 16 h 9 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Vitebsk an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 59 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 9 min in mid-May, 126 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Vitebsk runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Gorodok, 33 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Vitebsk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h