According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Belarus is April to May and September to October. Plan 3–4 days.
Best months for Belarus
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 3–4 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Belarus is best for
Soviet-era architecture in Minsk, Mir and Nesvizh castles, and European bison in Belovezhskaya Pushcha primeval forest.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Belarus by month
Monthly averages around Minsk; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −8 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| February | about −6 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| March | about −2 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| April best | about 6 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| May best | about 12 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| June | about 16 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| July | about 18 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| August | about 18 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| September best | about 12 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| October best | about 6 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| November | about 1 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| December | about −5 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Belarus
- Capital
- Minsk
- Languages
- Belarusian and Russian
- Currency
- Belarusian Ruble (BYN)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +375
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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