Bishkek weather in October

In October, Bishkek sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 81 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Bishkek's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bishkek's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 81 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:22 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Air quality: High; PM2.5 33.1 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical October day in Bishkek reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 7°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	12	2
13	12	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	1
18	11	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	10	0
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	10	-1
26	9	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	8	-1

How October really feels in Bishkek

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bishkek weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-4° / -11°	45	9.4	9.4	9.2	0.0
Feb	-2° / -9°	61	10.5	9.9	10.2	0.0
Mar	5° / -4°	113	15.4	10.1	11.6	0.3
Apr	12° / 2°	173	16.8	8.9	13.1	2.6
May	16° / 6°	167	18.9	6.7	14.4	4.1
Jun	21° / 10°	138	21.2	1.3	15.1	4.8
Jul	23° / 13°	128	20.2	0.1	14.8	5.5
Aug	22° / 11°	100	17.4	0.4	13.8	5.9
Sep	18° / 7°	90	16.1	3.9	12.3	5.1
Oct	11° / 1°	81	11.4	6.8	10.8	2.8
Nov	4° / -5°	67	9.7	7.5	9.5	0.3
Dec	-2° / -9°	51	9.4	8.7	8.9	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	60	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	60	60	59	58	57	57	56	54
Cloudier (%)	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	43	44	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Bishkek gets around 81 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 37% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	22
2	49	23
3	48	23
4	47	23
5	46	23
6	45	23
7	44	23
8	43	23
9	42	23
10	41	23
11	40	23
12	39	22
13	38	22
14	37	22
15	36	22
16	35	22
17	34	22
18	34	22
19	34	22
20	33	22
21	33	22
22	32	21
23	32	21
24	32	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	20
28	31	21
29	31	21
30	31	21
31	31	21

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:41 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 5:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:04	6:37
2	11.5	7:06	6:35
3	11.4	7:07	6:33
4	11.4	7:08	6:31
5	11.3	7:09	6:30
6	11.3	7:10	6:28
7	11.2	7:12	6:26
8	11.2	7:13	6:24
9	11.1	7:14	6:23
10	11.1	7:15	6:21
11	11.0	7:16	6:19
12	11.0	7:18	6:18
13	11.0	7:19	6:16
14	10.9	7:20	6:14
15	10.9	7:21	6:13
16	10.8	7:22	6:11
17	10.8	7:24	6:09
18	10.7	7:25	6:08
19	10.7	7:26	6:06
20	10.6	7:27	6:05
21	10.6	7:29	6:03
22	10.5	7:30	6:02
23	10.5	7:31	6:00
24	10.4	7:32	5:59
25	10.4	7:34	5:57
26	10.3	7:35	5:56
27	10.3	7:36	5:54
28	10.3	7:38	5:53
29	10.2	7:39	5:52
30	10.2	7:40	5:50
31	10.1	7:41	5:49

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in May across the year — October's 3.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Bishkek?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bishkek.

What to pack for Bishkek in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Bishkek sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bishkek in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bishkek peaks around May 20 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	5	10	8	8	9	6	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Bishkek in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bishkek is worst in May — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Bishkek's WHO annual average of 33.1 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	24	39	45	47	42	40	36	37	32	21	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bishkek?

Bishkek sits at 42.9°N, 74.6°E, 767 m above sea level, in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest listed city is Lebedinovka, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Bishkek

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bishkek.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bishkek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 765 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 855 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,311 m.

The land around Bishkek is covered by artificial surfaces (86%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

artificial surfaces 86%

16 km

855 m

cropland 46%

80 km

4,311 m

grassland 55%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← September Bishkek year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Lebedinovka 7.0 km · Kant 21 km · Belovodskoye 40 km · Ivanovka 40 km · Tokmok 58 km · Kara-Balta 61 km · Shu 106 km · Merke 114 km

Kyrgyzstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,081; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 443
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bishkek (42.87°, 74.59°, elevation 767 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	12	2
13	12	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	1
18	11	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	10	0
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	10	-1
26	9	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	8	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	22
2	49	23
3	48	23
4	47	23
5	46	23
6	45	23
7	44	23
8	43	23
9	42	23
10	41	23
11	40	23
12	39	22
13	38	22
14	37	22
15	36	22
16	35	22
17	34	22
18	34	22
19	34	22
20	33	22
21	33	22
22	32	21
23	32	21
24	32	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	20
28	31	21
29	31	21
30	31	21
31	31	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	12	2
13	12	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	1
18	11	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	10	0
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	10	-1
26	9	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	8	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	22
2	49	23
3	48	23
4	47	23
5	46	23
6	45	23
7	44	23
8	43	23
9	42	23
10	41	23
11	40	23
12	39	22
13	38	22
14	37	22
15	36	22
16	35	22
17	34	22
18	34	22
19	34	22
20	33	22
21	33	22
22	32	21
23	32	21
24	32	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	20
28	31	21
29	31	21
30	31	21
31	31	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	12	2
13	12	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	1
18	11	0
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	10	0
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	10	-1
26	9	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	8	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	22
2	49	23
3	48	23
4	47	23
5	46	23
6	45	23
7	44	23
8	43	23
9	42	23
10	41	23
11	40	23
12	39	22
13	38	22
14	37	22
15	36	22
16	35	22
17	34	22
18	34	22
19	34	22
20	33	22
21	33	22
22	32	21
23	32	21
24	32	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	20
28	31	21
29	31	21
30	31	21
31	31	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100