Bishkek climate — normals and trends
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,155 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Bishkek averages 166 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Bishkek has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 175 to 157 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 30 July 1983) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 30 November 1952).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 42.87°, 74.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
0.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,155mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
166 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
213.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.2 °C
30 July 1983
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
30 November 1952
Wettest day
68 mm
24 May 1985
Windiest day
266.4 km/h
19 December 2009
Strongest gust
68.4 km/h
17 September 1982
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
18 July 1997
Coldest feels-like
-47.0 °C
19 December 2009
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
13 March 2024
Sunniest day
14.2 h
23 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 51 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 38 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 100 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 63 mm | -102 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 148 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 111 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 99 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 116 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 151 mm | +65 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 90 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 0.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 80 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bishkek?
Bishkek has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,155 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bishkek?
The hottest day measured in Bishkek between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1983, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bishkek?
The coldest day measured in Bishkek between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1952, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Bishkek?
Yes. Bishkek gets on average 213.7 cm of snow per year and has around 166 frost days.
Has the climate of Bishkek warmed?
Yes: Bishkek warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bishkek?
The wettest day measured in Bishkek between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1985, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bishkek?
The windiest day measured in Bishkek between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2009, with winds reaching 266.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bishkek?
The warmest month in Bishkek is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bishkek?
Bishkek receives on average 1,155 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bishkek?
Bishkek gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bishkek?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bishkek between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2024, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bishkek?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bishkek.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bishkek?
In Bishkek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 18 July 1997, and the lowest was -47.0 °C on 19 December 2009.
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