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Destination

Kyrgyzstan

Asia · Bishkek

When to go

Seasonal calendar — from climate data and curated definitions.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Warm / beach
Dry season
Rainy season
Air⌀ 12 °C
-2
1
7
13
17
23
26
24
18
11
4
-0
Rainfall⌀ 50 mm
23
53
86
108
78
32
15
25
29
55
63
30
Wind⌀ 4 м/с
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
Daylight⌀ 12 h
9
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
12
11
10
9
Tourism: 8.5M international tourists a year▲ +124% over 5 yearshigh
Darker cells mark peak months.· Wind: avg. daily max — handy for kite & wind sports

UNESCO sites

3

UNESCO World Heritage sites in this country.

  • Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
    2009Cultural
    Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain©

    The Sulayman Mountain is the only World Heritage Site located entirely in the country of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the city of Osh and was once a major place of pre-Muslim pilgrimage.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
  • Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    2014Cultural
    Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor©

    The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a monumental Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It was built c. AD 652 during the Tang dynasty, when Xi'an was the imperial capital. The pagoda originally had five stories. It was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of the empress Wu Zetian. Its current exterior brick façade was added during the Ming dynasty.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
  • Western Tien-Shan
    2016Natural
    Western Tien-Shan©

    Karatau Nature Reserve is a wildlife refuge in the mid-part of the Karatau Mountains, near Kyzylkum, Betpak-Dala and Moiynkum deserts in the South Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan, in Central Asia.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Car rental & driving

Whether your licence is recognized, and which side traffic drives on — per the UN road-traffic conventions.

Set your passport to see whether your licence is accepted.

Trafficright-hand

Health

Yellow fevervaccination not neededno certificate needed
Malariano risk
Tap watersafely managed water: 74%bottled only
Vaccines (CDC)
Hepatitis AHepatitis BTick-borne encephalitis

Country page on CDC

Internet

Connectivity on the road: coverage, data price, access.

Onlinewidely online92%
Mobile datacheap$0.17/GB
eSIM: Supported
Apps that work

Ride-hailing: Яндекс Go

Food delivery: Glovo

Prices

Food
Healthy diet⃀115/day
Bread⃀76.9/kg
Wheat flour⃀54.3/kg
Rice⃀146/kg
Potatoes⃀49.3/kg
Eggs⃀132/kg
Fuel
Gasoline⃀88.5/L
Diesel⃀100/L

About the country

Capital
Bishkek
Continent
Asia
Population
6,315,800
Area
198,500 km²
Currency
Som · KGS
Time zone
20:01UTC+6
Sockets
CF

220 V · 50 Hz

Emergency
103all services
Calling code
+996
Languages
Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Russian