Bishkek City air quality now

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Bishkek City, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 39 µg/m³ (4 sensors), level “Elevated” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

In Bishkek City the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 11:00 to 22:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 rose from 10.0 to 43.0 µg/m³.

Light wind (1 m/s) in the evening or at night, as the air cools, possibly traps particles near the ground (a temperature inversion).

Weather now: partly cloudy, 8°C, wind 1 m/s, humidity 51%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours.

Written automatically at 23:07 local time (17:07 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

4 km/h

Wind, WSW

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Precipitation today

Bishkek City: air quality for the completed day

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI · October 21, 2026 · 00:00–24:00 UTC

39 µg/m³ Elevated

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 39 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 1 of 1 cities in Kyrgyzstan and No. 8 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Bishkek City: PM2.5 by month

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI

Mean
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
This month
18
-
-
-
-
-
33
32
21
4
9
10
-
-

Monthly means of quality-checked sensors, as in the Data Hub trend; the current month is still incomplete, “-” means no data.

Pollution accumulation index now

38%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

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Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 23

10°/3°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 41/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

7°/-1°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

8°/-2°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 44/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Monday — October 26

10°/-1°

Index by time of day

59/100Moderate

  1. 59/100Night
  2. 45/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

13°/3°

Index by time of day

59/100Moderate

  1. 59/100Night
  2. 45/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Wednesday — October 28

14°/4°

Index by time of day

60/100Moderate

  1. 60/100Night
  2. 46/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

8°

Partly cloudy. Feels like 5°C

  1. MorningClear6°C55%
  2. DayClear10°C43%
  3. EveningClear4°C59%

Wind

4km/hWind from the WSW

11km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 1

Light wind is expected over the next few hours.

10-day weather forecast for Bishkek City

Kyrgyzstan

  1. TodayOct 23Clear10°C3°C
  2. SatOct 24Clear7°C-1°C
  3. SunOct 25Partly cloudy8°C-2°C
  4. MonOct 26Clear10°C-1°C
  5. TueOct 27Clear13°C3°C
  6. WedOct 28Cloudy14°C4°C
  7. ThuOct 29Partly cloudy15°C7°C
  8. FriOct 30Partly cloudy15°C5°C
  9. SatOct 31Cloudy15°C8°C

Kyrgyzstan: sensors in total

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  1. Bishkek CityKyrgyzstan

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Air quality calendar: Bishkek City

Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³

Click a day to see its date and value.

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Questions

What was the air quality in Bishkek City over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 39 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 1 of 1 cities in Kyrgyzstan and No. 8 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Bishkek City right now?

Fresh data for Bishkek City are insufficient (last update: 21:45 local time, 15:45 UTC). Open the map for the latest readings of individual sensors.

Where do these data come from?

From Atmy sensors and connected public networks (citizen, experimental and government monitors), aggregated by Atmy. Values are approximate; see the methodology.

How often is this page updated?

The summary is rebuilt every 15 minutes from the latest reading of each sensor, each no older than one hour.

Is the air in Bishkek City polluted?

Over the last 137 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Bishkek City was 17.5 µg/m³ — 3.5 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: — µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Bishkek City cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was June 2026: 3.8 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Bishkek City most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was May 2026: 22.5 µg/m³ on average.

Data

Where do these data come from?

The daily value is the Data Hub’s: the mean of the city’s sensors that passed the nightly quality check, each with at least 12 valid hours, and only with sensors at four places 500 m apart; days are UTC.

“Now” uses the same sensors and rule: the mean of their latest readings, each at most 60 minutes old, shown only with sensors at four places 500 m apart reporting.

Source: public Atmy monitoring data. Methodology and data sources · Data terms