SmogRank / Kyrgyzstan / Bishkek / Bishkek
Bishkek, month by month
Bishkek has a measured daily mean on 827 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2023, at 184 US AQI (103.1 µg/m³), 8th of 1,261 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2024, at 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³). 2024 averaged 57 US AQI (12.3 µg/m³), against 74 US AQI (21.2 µg/m³) in 2023.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
20 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | No day measured. The others: 11 with no readings from the monitors, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2026 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with no readings from the monitors, 7 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2026 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2026 | 6 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 5 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2026 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2026 | 8 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Bishkek's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | 184103.1 µg/m³ | 8thof 1,261 |
| March 2026 | 16068.7 µg/m³ | 30thof 2,971 |
| February 2025 | 15155.9 µg/m³ | 30thof 2,633 |
| February 2026 | 14252.2 µg/m³ | 98thof 2,866 |
| January 2025 | 12344.4 µg/m³ | 46thof 2,474 |
| December 2023 | 9432.2 µg/m³ | 56thof 2,247 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Bishkek's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2026 | 500+401.0 µg/m³ |
| 16 Jan 2023 | 500+346.0 µg/m³ |
| 18 Jan 2023 | 493322.0 µg/m³ |
| 19 Jan 2023 | 473312.0 µg/m³ |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 357253.5 µg/m³ |
| 20 Jan 2023 | 356253.0 µg/m³ |
| 18 Jan 2026 | 340245.0 µg/m³ |
| 21 Jan 2023 | 286211.0 µg/m³ |
| 31 Jan 2026 | 263188.0 µg/m³ |
| 14 Mar 2026 | 262187.5 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 1 Jan 2023 – 16 Sep 2026. Monitor data from Clarity via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/kg/bishkek/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Bishkek now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).