Minsk weather in July

In July, Minsk sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 91 mm of rain across 13.2 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 48 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Minsk's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
5:04 AM – 9:26 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Minsk is capital and largest city of Belarus.

Density
4,254/km²
people per km²
Founded
1067

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Minsk reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Minsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Minsk weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°399.99.17.70.0
Feb-2° / -7°349.28.59.40.0
Mar / -3°399.55.711.50.1
Apr11° / 479.81.613.72.9
May18° / 7012.70.115.75.2
Jun21° / 11°8012.5016.85.9
Jul23° / 13°9113.2016.36.3
Aug22° / 12°7110.7014.66.5
Sep17° / 5510.1012.55.0
Oct10° / 5310.4110.22.0
Nov / -1°439.54.78.30.0
Dec-1° / -5°40108.37.20.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24258
34258
44357
54357
64357
74258
84258
94258
104258
114258
124258
134258
144159
154159
164159
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184258
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204357
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224456
234456
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264654
274753
284852
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304852
314852

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Minsk gets around 91 mm of rain over 13.2 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
242
342
443
543
644
745
845
946
1046
1146
1246
1346
1446
1545
1645
1745
1844
1944
2043
2142
2242
2341
2440
2539
2638
2738
2837
2936
3035
3135

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15925151
25826151
35627161
45528161
55329162
65230162
75131162
85032162
95132152
104933153
114933153
124833154
134834144
144834144
154734145
164733145
174733155
184633155
194633166
204533166
214433176
224432186
234333186
244233196
254133206
264034206
273934216
283935215
293836215
303836215
313837215

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 48 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:49 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 9:37 PM to 9:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.84:499:37
216.84:509:37
316.84:519:36
416.74:519:36
516.74:529:35
616.74:539:35
716.74:549:34
816.64:559:34
916.64:569:33
1016.64:579:32
1116.64:589:31
1216.54:599:30
1316.55:009:30
1416.45:029:29
1516.45:039:28
1616.45:049:26
1716.35:069:25
1816.35:079:24
1916.25:089:23
2016.25:109:22
2116.25:119:20
2216.15:139:19
2316.15:149:18
2416.05:169:16
2516.05:179:15
2615.95:199:13
2715.95:209:12
2815.85:229:10
2915.75:239:08
3015.75:259:07
3115.65:279:05

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Minsk?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Minsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Minsk in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Minsk in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Minsk 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
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Minsk?

Minsk sits at 53.9°N, 27.6°E, 222 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Kalodzishchy, 15 km away.

SmaliavičyDzyarzhynskLogoyskHorad ZhodzinaMar’ina Gorka

Topography around Minsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Minsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 211 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 218 m.

The land around Minsk is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (37%), artificial surfaces (25%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
218 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Kalodzishchy 15 km · Fanipol 23 km · Zaslawye 23 km · Smaliavičy 37 km · Dzyarzhynsk 37 km · Logoysk 39 km · Horad Zhodzina 55 km · Mar’ina Gorka 58 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 Minsk (53.9002°, 27.5665°, elevation 222 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).