Minsk National Airport

UMMS · Minsk, Belarus

Climate Minsk National Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minsk National Airport (UMMS) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 18.3 14 23 12 22 19
February 32.8 20 24 38 48
March 59.8 52 52 81 61
April 69.4 56 61 46 68
May 83.1 93 93 77 73
June 83.6 71 90 85 88
July 78.9 73 81 79 89
August 81.8 84 80 90 71
September 73.9 91 84 53 55
October 44.0 39 34 41 70
November 18.2 20 22 11 28
December 13.3 14 7 19 19
Average 56.0 13.5 57.1 57.7 58.1 63.2

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 46.4 38 48 28 57 50
February 64.9 47 55 81 74
March 82.1 79 79 99 83
April 86.2 85 76 72 86
May 93.6 97 97 91 91
June 93.9 91 97 91 96
July 91.6 89 93 89 98
August 92.6 94 89 98 90
September 88.2 98 94 71 75
October 74.1 75 63 67 91
November 49.7 63 67 36 61
December 39.3 35 38 30 54
Average 75.3 38.1 78.1 75.9 77.2 82.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -2.8 2.3 -4.5 0.1 -1.6 -4.9
February 0.1 2.9 0.2 1.7 -5.9
March 5.5 8.0 5.2 5.5 3.9
April 12.0 13.5 12.6 8.6 10.4
May 18.1 20.1 18.6 16.3 16.1
June 23.6 23.1 23.5 23.8 25.1
July 23.6 25.6 23.5 23.0 27.8
August 24.0 25.5 25.8 26.3 21.8
September 18.4 23.6 21.6 14.0 14.1
October 11.5 11.5 10.5 11.5 11.3
November 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.1 5.0
December 0.1 1.3 0.3 -4.2 -2.3
Average 10.7 2.4 13.0 12.2 11.3 10.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -6.5 -2.9 -9.4 -4.5 -6.5 -7.4
February -5.1 -1.0 -5.2 -3.2 -12.5
March -3.2 -2.3 -3.9 -5.2 -4.3
April 1.4 3.2 3.2 0.4 1.1
May 5.7 5.5 3.1 4.5 6.7
June 11.4 12.0 10.8 11.3 12.6
July 12.8 14.5 11.6 11.9 15.4
August 12.6 12.6 14.3 14.5 11.5
September 7.7 11.0 7.7 5.0 5.7
October 4.0 3.3 4.0 4.4 2.1
November 0.1 0.4 -1.7 -1.1 -1.9
December -4.6 -2.3 -4.9 -8.0 -7.2
Average 2.8 -2.9 4.1 3.4 2.9 2.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.2 19 39 32 38 38
February 26.8 23 40 27 30
March 16.0 10 32 6 17
April 16.0 22 18 38 10
May 7.4 3 6 13 12
June 5.7 6 6 6 5
July 9.2 11 8 14 2
August 5.0 2 4 3 9
September 8.1 3 5 8 19
October 13.3 13 21 14 6
November 22.3 13 26 39 18
December 30.0 19 43 47 32
Average 14.4 18.6 12.6 18.2 18.8 13.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.6 10 8 9 11 8
February 9.1 9 10 11 9
March 8.8 8 10 9 9
April 9.0 9 8 10 9
May 8.0 7 7 9 9
June 7.3 7 8 7 7
July 7.2 7 8 7 7
August 6.6 7 7 8 7
September 7.5 8 6 7 8
October 8.1 7 10 8 9
November 8.1 9 9 7 10
December 8.4 8 8 10 9
Average 8.1 9.7 7.8 8.2 8.3 8.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 209° 226° 178° 287° 176°
February 195° 279° 235° 323°
March 148° 272° 334° 277°
April 248° 061° 007° 250°
May 063° 022° 296° 236°
June 313° 004° 296° 008°
July 266° 286° 316° 056°
August 297° 202° 060° 239°
September 122° 183° 327° 322°
October 302° 267° 271° 200°
November 254° 228° 107° 223°
December 233° 232° 140° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.