Climate Minsk National Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minsk National Airport (UMMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.0	23	12	22	19	19
February	32.8	20	24	38	48	48
March	59.8	52	52	81	61	63
April	71.6		61	46	68	87
May	81.6		93	77	73	73
June	85.5		90	85	88	70
July	80.0		81	79	89	86
August	81.5		80	90	71	80
September	71.4		84	53	55	79
October	44.7		34	41	70	29
November	18.0		22	11	28	15
December	13.3		7	19	19	17
Average	58.2	32.1	57.7	58.1	63.2	62.2

4th best VFR conditions of Belarus

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	47.7	48	28	57	50	52
February	64.9	47	55	81	74	84
March	82.1	79	79	99	83	89
April	86.5		76	72	86	99
May	93.1		97	91	91	92
June	94.3		97	91	96	87
July	92.0		93	89	98	96
August	92.4		89	98	90	92
September	86.8		94	71	75	96
October	74.0		63	67	91	65
November	47.6		67	36	61	52
December	40.0		38	30	54	34
Average	77.4	58.4	75.9	77.2	82.6	83.0

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-2.4	-4	0	0	-3	2
February	0.1	3	0	2	-4	4
March	5.5	8	5	6	4	8
April	11.8		13	9	10	11
May	17.8		19	16	16	16
June	23.6		24	24	25	24
July	23.3		24	23	28	22
August	23.8		26	26	22	23
September	17.7		22	14	14	19
October	11.4		11	12	11	13
November	4.0		3	3	5	5
December	-1.9		0	-4	-2	0
Average	10.4	2.4	12.2	11.3	10.6	12.1

4th highest temperature of Belarus

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-7.9	-9	-4	-5	-7	-1
February	-5.1	-1	-5	-3	-12	-1
March	-3.2	-2	-2	-5	-4	-2
April	1.2		3	0	1	0
May	5.7		3	5	7	5
June	11.3		11	11	13	14
July	12.6		12	12	15	12
August	12.6		14	15	12	12
September	7.3		8	5	6	9
October	4.1		4	4	2	8
November	0.1		0	-1	0	1
December	-4.4		-3	-8	-7	-3
Average	2.3	-4.2	3.4	2.9	2.3	4.3

1st lowest temperature of Belarus

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.0	39	32	38	38	19
February	26.8	23	40	27	30	11
March	16.0	10	32	6	17	10
April	15.0		18	38	10	7
May	8.1		6	13	12	10
June	5.7		6	6	5	6
July	8.9		8	14	2	8
August	5.4		4	3	9	6
September	9.0		5	8	19	5
October	13.4		21	14	6	10
November	23.9		26	39	18	24
December	32.2		43	47	32	20
Average	15.1	22.9	18.2	18.8	13.9	10.1

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.4	8	9	11	8	9
February	9.1	9	10	11	9	10
March	8.8	8	10	9	9	9
April	9.0		8	10	9	11
May	8.2		7	9	9	10
June	7.3		8	7	7	8
July	7.2		8	7	7	7
August	6.6		7	8	7	7
September	7.5		6	7	8	8
October	8.3		10	8	9	8
November	7.9		9	7	10	8
December	8.4		8	10	9	9
Average	8.0	8.4	8.2	8.3	8.2	8.5

4th highest wind speed of Belarus

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	226°	178°	287°	176°	252°
February	195°	279°	235°	323°	240°
March	148°	272°	334°	277°	287°
April		061°	007°	250°	294°
May		022°	296°	236°	328°
June		004°	296°	008°	089°
July		286°	316°	056°	280°
August		202°	060°	239°	007°
September		183°	327°	322°	249°
October		267°	271°	200°	162°
November		228°	107°	223°	230°
December		232°	140°	263°	152°

Prevailing wind direction

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