🇧🇾 Belarus — HGV driving bans 2026
Belarus does not close its roads to trucks at weekends or on public holidays. However, two seasonal weather-related restrictions apply to heavy goods vehicles with an axle load exceeding 6 tonnes: a spring thaw ban and a summer heat ban. Here are the details.
1. General rule
✅No weekend or public holiday ban. Unlike many Western European countries, Belarus does not close its roads to heavy goods vehicles on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays.
🌡️Two weather-related restrictions. The only bans are seasonal: the spring thaw (March and April) and summer heat (June to August). Both apply only to vehicles with an axle load exceeding 6 tonnes.
2. Thaw ban (March and April)
To protect road surfaces weakened by the thaw, a driving ban applies during March and April to heavy goods vehicles with an axle load exceeding 6 tonnes. It covers national roads as well as motorways M8, M10, M11 and M12.
Many sections remain open to traffic. Click to view the list of exempt routes:
Sections and roads exempt from the thaw ban ▾
M1-E30 — between Brest (Kozlovichi), Minsk and Redki (Russian border).
M2 — between Minsk and Minsk National Airport.
M6-E28 — between Minsk, Grodno and Bruzgi (Polish border), from km 10.6 to km 57.
M7-E28 — between Minsk, Oszmiana and Kamienny Log (Lithuanian border).
M8-E95 — between Ezerische (Russian border), Vitebsk, Homel and Novaja Gouta (Ukrainian border), as well as access roads to Mogilev and Homel.
M9 — on the Minsk ring road.
M10 — between Selishtche (Russian border), Homel, Kobrin and Mokrany (Ukrainian border).
M12-E85 — between Kobrin and Mokrany (Ukrainian border).
P1 — between Minsk and Dzerzhinsk.
P20 — between Vitebsk, Polotsk and Grigorovschina (Ukrainian and Lithuanian borders).
P131 — between Kalinkavichy and Mazyr, towards motorway P31.
M3 — between Minsk and Vitebsk, from km 8.6 to km 40.4.
M4 — between Minsk and Mogilev, from km 12 to km 63.9.
M5-E271 — between Minsk and Homel, from km 216 to km 303.3, as well as the access road to Zhlobin.
P21 — between Vitebsk and Liozna (Russian border), from km 0 to km 9.7 (approaching motorway M8-E95).
P23 — between Minsk and Mikashevichy, from km 9.3 to km 80.6.
P28 — between Minsk, Maladzyechna and Narach, from km 10.4 to km 44.
P33 — between Rechytsa and Khoiniki, from km 0 to km 9.1 (approaching motorway M10).
This thaw ban does not apply to the transport of live animals, medicines and fuel, nor to emergency vehicles.
3. Summer ban in extreme heat (June to August)
From early June to the end of August, when the outside temperature exceeds 25 °C, heavy goods vehicles with an axle load above 6 tonnes may not travel during the day, from 11:00 to 21:00.
The following transport types are exempt from this ban:
- passengers
- live animals
- flowers
- humanitarian freight
- concrete and bitumen
- dangerous goods
- perishable goods
- seeds
Emergency vehicles are also exempt.
4. Good to know
⚖️Axle threshold, not GVW: both Belarusian bans are triggered by axle load (over 6 t), a criterion that differs from the GVW used in most Western European countries.
🌡️Watch the thermometer in summer: the 11:00–21:00 ban only activates above 25 °C. In cooler weather, the road stays open — but a heat wave can halt your day without warning.
🗓️No weekend schedule: no restrictions on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays. The only obstacles to anticipate are the thaw (March–April) and the heat (June–August).
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