expatwhy.

Bishkek weather by month

Bishkek runs from about -5°C in December to 25°C in August, with October the wettest month at 148 mm.

warmest month

August

25°C

coolest month

December

-5°C

wettest month

October

148 mm

worst air month

January

20 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Bishkek
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January-1°C57 mm188 h20
February-3°C57 mm205 h12
March5°C101 mm236 h16
April12°C85 mm273 h10
May17°C114 mm297 h9
June24°C25 mm377 h11
July25°C38 mm396 h12
August25°C37 mm370 h9
September17°C55 mm303 h12
October11°C148 mm204 h15
November4°C77 mm193 h19
December-5°C67 mm199 h19

About 3,241 hours of sun a year. Roughly 89 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.