Bishkek climate

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Bishkek is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -9.2 °C. April is the wettest month (118 mm) and August the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bishkek averages 647 mm of rain, 91 days above 25 °C and 142 days below freezing.

Kyrgyzstan · population 900,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 29 °C
Coldest month January -9.2 °C
Driest month August 22 mm
Wettest month April 118 mm
Least cloud August 30 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January -27 °C

What to expectBishkek through the year

Bishkek has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.5 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 91 days a year reach 25 °C, 28 of them reach 30 °C, 142 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 118 mm against 22 mm in August — 5.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.5 °C	34 mm	61 %
February	3.1 °C	46 mm	63 %
March	8.9 °C	85 mm	65 %
April	16.1 °C	118 mm	60 %
May	21.3 °C	95 mm	56 %
June	26.1 °C	46 mm	48 %
July	28.8 °C	29 mm	36 %
August	28.1 °C	22 mm	30 %
September	22.9 °C	28 mm	32 %
October	15.8 °C	50 mm	43 %
November	8.5 °C	54 mm	55 %
December	3.1 °C	40 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	1.5 °C	-9.2 °C	-3.8 °C	14.4 °C	-26.9 °C	0	0	30
February	3.1 °C	-7.2 °C	-1.9 °C	19.4 °C	-21.6 °C	0	0	27
March	8.9 °C	-2.1 °C	3.7 °C	26.8 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	21
April	16.1 °C	3.3 °C	10.3 °C	30.9 °C	-14.4 °C	2	0	7
May	21.3 °C	8.3 °C	15.5 °C	32.6 °C	-4.9 °C	7	0	1
June	26.1 °C	12.8 °C	20.1 °C	35.3 °C	4.7 °C	20	4	0
July	28.8 °C	15.5 °C	22.8 °C	37.6 °C	7.4 °C	27	12	0
August	28.1 °C	14.7 °C	21.9 °C	37.6 °C	2.4 °C	25	10	0
September	22.9 °C	10.0 °C	16.8 °C	33.5 °C	-0.3 °C	11	2	0
October	15.8 °C	3.5 °C	9.6 °C	29.4 °C	-11.5 °C	1	0	6
November	8.5 °C	-2.5 °C	2.7 °C	27.1 °C	-20.0 °C	0	0	21
December	3.1 °C	-7.7 °C	-2.5 °C	16.3 °C	-26.1 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	7	9.4 h/day	61 %	57 %	7.9 km/h
February	46 mm	8	11 h/day	63 %	61 %	8.9 km/h
March	85 mm	12	12 h/day	65 %	66 %	10 km/h
April	118 mm	14	13 h/day	60 %	67 %	12 km/h
May	95 mm	11	15 h/day	56 %	63 %	11 km/h
June	46 mm	7	15 h/day	48 %	55 %	12 km/h
July	29 mm	5	15 h/day	36 %	48 %	11 km/h
August	22 mm	4	14 h/day	30 %	47 %	11 km/h
September	28 mm	5	13 h/day	32 %	50 %	10 km/h
October	50 mm	7	11 h/day	43 %	59 %	9.2 km/h
November	54 mm	8	9.8 h/day	55 %	63 %	9.4 km/h
December	40 mm	8	9.0 h/day	57 %	60 %	8.8 km/h

How Bishkek compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bishkek	29 °C	-9.2 °C	647 mm	91
Almaty · Kazakhstan	27 °C	-9.0 °C	823 mm	66
Taraz · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-8.4 °C	389 mm	121
Andijon · Uzbekistan	36 °C	-4.4 °C	365 mm	154
Osh · Kyrgyzstan	30 °C	-8.4 °C	634 mm	103
Namangan · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-3.9 °C	326 mm	161

Where Bishkek ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	5th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	13th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	18th of 50	86/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	22nd of 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	25th of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bishkek.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bishkek’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bishkek?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bishkek get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 28 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 142 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bishkek?

April, averaging 118 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is August with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 647 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bishkek rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 42.870°, 74.590° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.