Minsk

General information - Location

Country	Belarus
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.5,Lat: 53.85
Elevation	211 meter above sea level
Local time	15:53:28pm
Population	1878000 (largest city in country)
Name province/region ()	Minsk
Wiki-website Subregion ()
Name region/province:	Minsk
Name subregion:	Minsk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zaslavl	23.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Logoysk	34.2 km	North
3 Bolokhovo	34.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Smilovichi	34.7 km	East
5 Rakov	36.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Minsk	Belarus	0 km	East
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	174 km	WestNorthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	408 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 419 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Byarezina, part of the larger catchment area Dnepr. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Заславское водохранилище (25.1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Lithuanian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 117.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 164 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 98%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Minsk National Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Minsk in country Belarus

Minsk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mir Castle Complex	Belarus	81 km	SouthWest
2 Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh	Belarus	88 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	171 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Minsk
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Griskovshchina

Type of weather in Griskovshchina	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	38 %
Daylength at 15 August 2026:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	04:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:41 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Griskovshchina - BY (longitude: 27.5, latitude: 53.85)
Distance weather station to place (direction