Bishkek weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Bishkek is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with June and October close behind. Bishkek averages about 2,950 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 15 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,950
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 386 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈45 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 900k
- Elevation
- 633 m
When is the best time to visit Bishkek?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bishkek is September, then June and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bishkek?
Bishkek gets a lot of sun: around 2,950 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate September (94) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 4 destinations in Kyrgyzstan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,730 hours. The year's 386 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 24 mm | 1 |
| February | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -2° / 28°F | 30 mm | 2 |
| March | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| April | 85 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 61 mm | 5 |
| May | 88 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 48 mm | 7 |
| June | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 29 mm | 8 |
| July | 65 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 20 mm | 8 |
| August | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 13 mm | 7 |
| September | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 15 mm | 5 |
| October | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 36 mm | 3 |
| November | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 30 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Almaty Kazakhstan · 210 km · best in Sep · 2,693 h sun/yr
- Osh Kyrgyzstan · 306 km · best in Sep · 2,957 h sun/yr
- Namangan Uzbekistan · 334 km · best in Oct · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 376 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
- Kashgar China · 412 km · best in Apr · 3,028 h sun/yr
- Shymkent Kazakhstan · 416 km · best in Sep · 2,974 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Issyk-Kul (Tamchy) Kyrgyzstan · 189 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Taraz Kazakhstan · 259 km · 2,726 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Andijan Uzbekistan · 316 km · 2,957 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Karakol Kyrgyzstan · 327 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Bishkek compares month by month: Bishkek vs Almaty · Bishkek vs Namangan · Bishkek vs Osh · all comparisons
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