Gardening in Belarus: climate, frost dates and crops by region

Climate zones of Belarus

By the days between the last spring frost and the first autumn frost.

How the regions of Belarus differ

Splitting the cities in two — north (Navapolatsk, Polatsk, Vitebsk and 11 more) and south (Vawkavysk, Babruysk, Baranovichi and 11 more): the last spring frost comes about 11 days later in the north; the frost-free season is about 168 days in the north and 189 days in the south; the warmest month averages 23.1 °C by day in the north and 24.5 °C in the south.

The gap between the warmest month’s days and the coldest month’s nights is widest in Rechytsa (30.8 °C) and smallest in Grodno (27.7 °C): the smaller it is, the milder both winter and summer. The hottest summer days are in Mazyr (24.9 °C on average in the warmest month), the coolest in Vitebsk (22.6 °C). In all 28 cities at least one month averages below 0 °C at night; the longest such winter is in Vitebsk (November–March).

Which crops suit which part of Belarus

Season long enough: the days from planting to the first autumn frost cover the days to the first harvest on the plant card. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

Cities of Belarus: weather in numbers

ERA5 2016–2025 via Open-Meteo, 25 km grid cell of each city; dates by the Greenly calendar and the plant cards.

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