🇧🇾 Bielorrusia · capital
Minsk
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. As of 2026, it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
- Country
- 🇧🇾 Bielorrusia
- Elevation
- 226 m
- Population
- 1,742,124
- Time zone
- Europe/Minsk
- Coordinates
- 53.90, 27.57
Weather in Minsk month by month
The best months to go: Jun · Jul · Aug
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | -1° | -2° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 17° | 11° | 4° | -1° |
| low | -5° | -7° | -3° | 2° | 7° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 8° | 5° | 0° | -5° |
| rain | 78 mm | 43 mm | 46 mm | 75 mm | 80 mm | 73 mm | 91 mm | 71 mm | 61 mm | 72 mm | 54 mm | 67 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Minsk is from other cities in Bielorrusia
- Horad Zhodzina55 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 55 min
- Maladziečna66 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 6 min
- Barysaw71 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 11 min
- Slutsk98 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 38 min
- Soligorsk123 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 2 h 3 min
- Baranovichi134 km✈ 55 min · 🚗 2 h 14 min
- Bobruysk137 km✈ 55 min · 🚗 2 h 17 min
- Lida149 km✈ 56 min · 🚗 2 h 29 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.