Zhodzina climate — normals and trends
Zhodzina (Belarus) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhodzina averages 139 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Zhodzina has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -38.5 °C (on 17 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ZhodzinaMinsk
- coords
- 54.10°, 28.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
664mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
101.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.0 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-38.5 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
70 mm
5 August 1950
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
6 January 1975
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-43.5 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
5 January 1959
Sunniest day
16.0 h
5 July 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +6.6 °C | 37 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 9 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +7.9 °C | 39 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 15.1 °C | -2.2 °C | 140 mm | +74 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 125 mm | +45 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 152 mm | +63 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 26 mm | -48 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 26 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 9.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 62 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 69 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 1.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 30 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhodzina?
Zhodzina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhodzina?
The hottest day measured in Zhodzina between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhodzina?
The coldest day measured in Zhodzina between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -38.5 °C.
Does it snow in Zhodzina?
Yes. Zhodzina gets on average 101.4 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhodzina warmed?
Yes: Zhodzina warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhodzina?
The wettest day measured in Zhodzina between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1950, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhodzina?
The windiest day measured in Zhodzina between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhodzina?
The warmest month in Zhodzina is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhodzina?
Zhodzina receives on average 664 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhodzina?
Zhodzina gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhodzina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhodzina between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1959, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhodzina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zhodzina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhodzina?
In Zhodzina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -43.5 °C on 17 January 1940.
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