Minsk in May 2025 – Is it worth going on vacation? Weather and reviews, air temperature, how to dress, prices in hotels and excursions. What to see in Minsk in early May and closer to June, where to go in Belarus, EUROTRAVELER found out.
Have you ever wondered why the day of labor is celebrated on May 1? Here we are – no!
Which did not prevent, of course, get used to a long weekend, which traditionally come at this time. And along the way, to develop the habit of making them much longer, due to the accession to the officially non -working days, also a number of workers.
It is convenient-you “pinch off” from the vacation of the day 3-4 and get a real gift in the form of as many as 2 weeks of rest. Which can be spent on a mass of all useful. Starting from putting the cottage after the winter and ending … Why not – a trip in May to Minsk?!
And in principle, in general in Belarus! To plan a car excursion route that allows the “briefly” to inspect the adjacent country in just 2-3 days is actually not difficult. You will go on the road from Smolensk and Pskov or, for example, St. Petersburg and Moscow.
What expects those who took a chance to go in late spring in the sense of weather and prices? Now we will tell you!
Weather in Minsk in May
It should be warm-after all, the capital of Belarus is a lot south of Moscow-but for some reason everything is not so simple. So relatively warm clothing will not hurt! Because of course you plan a rich excursion program – why else do you go here?
In early May, Minsk watches air temperatures in the order of +9-12 ° C. At night, the readings of street thermometers can generally fall to the near -lous marks, as if blooming (usually) April were not at all. Frosts are regularly recorded!
You say – well, good, at least wet snow does not sculpt. And we will answer you that this happens in Minsk in May. Fortunately – rarely!
However, the trees and incredibly bright grass that have begun to dress with fresh herbs, baking, (when it comes out from behind the clouds), is forced to forget about disappointment instantly. The reviews on this subject are unambiguous – otzyv.ru/review/194806/.
By the middle of the month, local weather is usually very inspired, driving the air temperature K +20-22 ° C. But she still has no strength to maintain such a level on a permanent basis. Therefore, the fall, albeit short -term, to the level of +15 ° C, still occur.
The end of May in Minsk passes, as they say, in a calm atmosphere, at daytime temperatures +17-22 ° C. And incredibly invigorating nights +6-12 degrees Celsius. In a word, summer-it is somewhere close, but so far “only in the project.”
The number of rainy days in comparison with April grows slightly, up to 4-5 per month. But also clear, which is curious, also becomes more
So the gray veil, which habitually covering the sky over the capital of Belarus, is not so confident in his omnipotence in late spring.
On May 1, the sun rises above Minsk at 5.30, and enters at 20.45. There are no noticeable hills in the city and next to it, so you can completely count on more than 15 hours of daylight. By the end of the month, the duration of the bright time of the day increases to almost 17 hours!
- Prices for daily rent of apartments in Minsk
What to take with you
Multilayer clothes and at this time of the year will give you a pleasant feeling of preparedness for any weather surprises. And if you take an umbrella or a light raincoat with you, you can be completely sure that you will spend literally every hour of time spent in May Minsk with benefit and interestingly.
We will also advise abandoning excessively frivolous shoes in the form of shoes (especially in heels), suede boots or moccasin. Beautiful, but in Belarus at the end of spring completely impractical.
On the contrary, it is better to wear some thorough waterproof shoes on an impressive sole. Well, to grab with you something easier in case of warm and dry weather.
Of the documents with you, you need to take only the internal passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. They do not ask for medical tourist insurance at the border, but the Belarusian OSAGO for those who go to Minsk by car will have to be issued. It costs, however, inexpensive – a little more than 1,000 Russian rubles for 15 days.
We had already written about what should be in the car on a long trip …
Will it turn out in Belarus to pay or withdraw money at the ATM to use the card of the Russian payment system “Mir”? In fact, yes – they accept it almost everywhere.
Russians will be able to issue banking “plastic” in Minsk, which will allow calculations both on the Internet and in most foreign countries. To do this, they will need from 2 days of time and about 8-12 thousand Russian rubles for completing the necessary procedures to open the relevant accounts.
Prices 2025
Tickets for the train “Swallow” from Moscow to Minsk cost from ~ 3,500 rubles per person-if you are able to withstand a 7-hour journey in a sitting place. The passage in the nightstand of a night train is not fundamentally more expensive, from 5,400 rubles. On the way, however, you will have to spend from 8.5 hours.
But buying a place in the compartment is able to ruin a poor family of travelers – only one way costs from 7.5 thousand Russian rubles
The air travel between the Russian and Belarusian capitals will cost a similar amount-you need to pay from 14-15 thousand for tickets there and back.
So, yes – a trip by car from Moscow to Minsk against this background looks tempting. Participants in the trip will have to pay only for fuel, and the driver to arrange the Belarusian compulsory motor liability insurance. The cost of which in 2025 – once again – does not increase 1,000 rubles.
Hotels and excursions
We recommend the choice of hotels to take up a month 2-3 before the trip-if you intend to visit Minsk in the period from May 1 to 9. Although actually there is no reason to spend a lot of time in search of a reason-the understanding quickly comes that the Minsk hotels during this period are renting rooms for at least 5-7 thousand rubles a day.
Therefore, we follow the further and study the offer in the market for the daily rental of apartments. And we are amazed – to rent a clean and equipped equipment in the center of Minsk or not far from it for festive dates will turn out for 4.5 – 5 thousand rubles per night. Moreover, in some cases, a family (company) of up to 5 people will be able to accommodate for this money!
So far, there are completely inexpensive organized excursions in Minsk – for 1,500 – 1,800 Russian rubles you will see all the main city attractions and hear a meaningful story about its history. The bus tour of the legendary BelAZ plant looks not particularly expensive to entertain-participation will cost about 3-4 thousand rubles.
And it is quite acceptable, in our opinion, to spend about 5 thousand rubles on a one -day excursion trip to Grodno. The city is very European, which has preserved a lot of beautiful buildings of the buildings of the XVIII-XIX centuries.
What to do
We will not be shouting with our souls – interesting places that can be seen in Minsk, of course, do not amaze the imagination. But you will not succeed frankly, having arrived for 2-3 days.
Since it will take at least so much time to evaluate the scale and open space of Independence Square and examine (at least outside-in 2024-2025 it was closed for reconstruction) an impressive red church.
Then take a walk along the wide avenue, built up with massive buildings in the style of the Stalin Empire, to visit the churches of the upper city and inspect the Trinity suburb. Even if a small, but touchingly cozy piece of almost completely lost old Minsk.
The list of events required for a tourist is usually a visit to a restored Loshitsky manor-park complex. Most travelers will be happy and see the well -groomed Minsk Zoo.
For the sake of interest, you should look into the city museums. Thin connoisseurs of painting will probably want to appreciate the collection of the National Art Museum of Belarus. And citizens with children will enjoy the children if they get to the museum of aviation equipment in the suburbs.
Where to go
Naturally, in May, there is often a desire and a little “push the boundaries of the permissible.” For example, we highly recommend that you make a trip or two outside Minsk. After all, in Belarus there is something to see outside its capital!
First of all, remembering about Victory Day, we would advise you to go to Khatyn. Moreover, the memorial complex is only 60 km from the capital of Belarus, and inexpensive excursions are carried there.
A one -day walk to castles in the world and Nonvizh also looks an interesting idea. As beautiful as unique – not without reason each of them was awarded a separate page in the list of the World Heritage Heritage!
The tour of Belovezhskaya Pushcha on the border with Poland is also very interesting experience. There are routes that include not only a visit to this natural reserve, but also a tour of Brest. The city, the first impact of the enemy during the Great Patriotic War.
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