Climate and average weather in Lyepyel’

In Lyepyel’, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Lyepyel’ typically varies from -7°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -20°C or above 29°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Lyepyel’ for warm-weather activities is from late May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
-7°
Wettest
Jul
83 mm
Driest
Feb
37 mm
Rain / yr
663 mm
128 wet days
Daylight
6.9–17.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
165 m
54.9°N
Clearest
Jul
62% cloud

Lyepyel’ weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Lyepyel’, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.1 months, from May 12 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Lyepyel’ is July, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 18 to March 11, with daily high temperatures below 2°C. The coldest month of the year in Lyepyel’ is January, with an average low of -7°C and high of -2°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-2-7
Feb-2-7
Mar3-3
Apr112
May188
Jun2112
Jul2314
Aug2213
Sep168
Oct104
Nov3-1
Dec-1-5

How hot and cold Lyepyel’ really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -14°C (around January 29), with roughly 186 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 81 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-2-2-13-7
Feb-2-2-13-7
Mar33-8-3
Apr1111-12
May181868
Jun21211212
Jul23231414
Aug22221313
Sep161668
Oct91004
Nov33-5-1
Dec-1-1-10-5

Average hourly temperature in Lyepyel’

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -7°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Lyepyel’ weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°4010.497.60.0
Feb-2° / -7°379.48.59.30.0
Mar / -3°389.35.811.40.1
Apr11° / 459.51.613.82.8
May18° / 6711.50.215.85.4
Jun21° / 12°7612.80175.9
Jul23° / 14°8312.9016.56.4
Aug22° / 13°7011.3014.76.4
Sep16° / 639.9012.55.0
Oct10° / 5811.31.310.21.9
Nov / -1°479.74.58.10.0
Dec-1° / -5°4010.28.770.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Lyepyel’ gets about 663 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.7 months, from around May 8 to Jul 29, peaking in June at about 46% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 24.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 83 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 37 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 18 · 46%Mar 24 · 29%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3410
Feb349
Mar309
Apr3210
May3712
Jun4313
Jul4113
Aug3711
Sep3410
Oct3611
Nov3310
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Lyepyel’ collects about 663 mm of rain across 128 wet days — roughly 55 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 83 mm, while February is the driest at just 37 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec403738456776837063584740
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan40109
Feb3799
Mar3896
Apr45102
May67120
Jun76130
Jul83130
Aug70110
Sep63100
Oct58111
Nov47105
Dec40109

Snow in Lyepyel’

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Lyepyel’ averages about 40 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 10 to Apr 30 — about 6.7 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 9 days of snow and an estimated 35 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 147 cm of snow.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 1
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan931
Feb935
Mar621
Apr26
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct14
Nov520
Dec929

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Lyepyel’, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 20 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around September 24. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 25 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around March 19. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 1 · 49%Dec 17 · 9%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb1585
Mar2575
Apr3565
May4258
Jun4159
Jul4456
Aug4258
Sep2971
Oct2179
Nov1288
Dec991

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 18, brings about 17 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 6 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 10 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.69:295:00
Feb9.38:415:59
Mar11.47:316:58
Apr13.86:117:59
May15.85:068:57
Jun17.04:349:36
Jul16.54:549:27
Aug14.75:478:31
Sep12.56:467:13
Oct10.27:455:55
Nov8.18:484:53
Dec7.09:334:30

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Lyepyel’ averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.4 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 27. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 2 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 309 daysNov 291 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar4Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct4Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Lyepyel’, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around May 30 to August 29. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 23% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 30 to May 29, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 30 · 100%Jul 28 · 72%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92610
Jun6919111
Jul4334194
Aug5530131
Sep90910
Oct100000
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Lyepyel’ is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Sep 27 to Apr 5. The windiest month is December, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 6 to Sep 26, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 27 · 15 km/hJul 25 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun12calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Best time to visit Lyepyel’

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Lyepyel’ throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Lyepyel’ is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Lyepyel’ for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 3 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.2poor
Apr2.8poor
May5.4fair
Jun5.9good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.4good
Sep4.9fair
Oct1.9poor
Nov0.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Lyepyel’ for hot-weather activities is from early July to mid August, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 5.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Lyepyel’, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Lyepyel’ sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Lyepyel’ by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lyepyel’ peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Lyepyel’

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 2 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr30
May60
Jun7.50
Jul7.52
Aug6.50
Sep3.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Lyepyel’ typically lasts about 221 days, from around April 4 to November 10 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 29 to October 6.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 450%Apr 2990%Oct 690%Nov 1050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1631
Feb1728
Mar2731
Apr7229
May970
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep980
Oct7926
Nov4430
Dec2231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Lyepyel’ banks about 831 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May84
Jun191
Jul259
Aug226
Sep70
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Lyepyel’ receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.4 and 5.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 13. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.4 kWh/m² — roughly 93% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 55.5 kWhDec 180.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.6Dim
Feb1.3Dim
Mar2.6Moderate
Apr4.0Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep2.7Moderate
Oct1.4Dim
Nov0.6Dim
Dec0.4Dim

Where is Lyepyel’?

Lyepyel’ sits at 54.9°N, 28.7°E, 165 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Polotsk, 68 km away.

PolotskHlybokayeNovopolotskBarysawHorad ZhodzinaLogoyskVitebskSmaliavičy

Topography around Lyepyel’

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lyepyel’.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lyepyel’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m.

The land around Lyepyel’ is covered by trees (31%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
222 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Polotsk 68 km · Hlybokaye 70 km · Novopolotsk 72 km · Barysaw 74 km · Horad Zhodzina 90 km · Logoysk 93 km · Vitebsk 102 km · Smaliavičy 103 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 30% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,279
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
93%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 533
Religion
Orthodox 48%non-believers 41%Catholic 7%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lyepyel’ (54.8814°, 28.699°, elevation 165 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).