diff --git a/pygmt/src/binstats.py b/pygmt/src/binstats.py
index e629303b17c..4926bdf89e4 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/binstats.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/binstats.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from pygmt._typing import PathLike, TableLike
 from pygmt.alias import Alias, AliasSystem
 from pygmt.clib import Session
+from pygmt.exceptions import GMTInvalidInput
 from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_list, fmt_docstring, use_alias
 
 
@@ -166,7 +167,15 @@ def binstats(
     )
     aliasdict.merge(kwargs)
     if statistic == "quantile":
-        aliasdict["C"] += f"{quantile_value}"
+        quantile_error_message = "quantile_value must be a value between 0 and 100."
+        try:
+            quantile_value_float = float(quantile_value)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            raise GMTInvalidInput(quantile_error_message) from None
+        if 0 <= quantile_value_float <= 100:
+            aliasdict["C"] += f"{quantile_value_float}"
+        else:
+            raise GMTInvalidInput(quantile_error_message) from None
 
     with Session() as lib:
         with (
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_binstats.py b/pygmt/tests/test_binstats.py
index 91848b6e1c1..79ee554f680 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_binstats.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_binstats.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import pytest
 from pygmt import binstats
 from pygmt.enums import GridRegistration, GridType
+from pygmt.exceptions import GMTInvalidInput
 from pygmt.helpers import GMTTempFile
 
 
@@ -51,6 +52,38 @@ def test_binstats_no_outgrid():
     npt.assert_allclose(temp_grid.mean(), 4227489)
 
 
+def test_binstats_quantile_range_validation():
+    """
+    Tests the input validation that quantile is between 0 and 100.
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(GMTInvalidInput):
+        binstats(
+            data="@capitals.gmt",
+            spacing=5,
+            statistic="quantile",
+            quantile_value=175,
+            search_radius="1000k",
+            aspatial="2=population",
+            region="g",
+        )
+
+
+def test_binstats_quantile_int_validation():
+    """
+    Tests the input validation that quantile has a numeric value.
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(GMTInvalidInput):
+        binstats(
+            data="@capitals.gmt",
+            spacing=5,
+            statistic="quantile",
+            quantile_value="test",
+            search_radius="1000k",
+            aspatial="2=population",
+            region="g",
+        )
+
+
 def test_binstats_quantile():
     """
     Test binstats quantile statistic functionality.
@@ -59,7 +92,7 @@ def test_binstats_quantile():
         data="@capitals.gmt",
         spacing=5,
         statistic="quantile",
-        quantile_value=75,
+        quantile_value="75",
         search_radius="1000k",
         aspatial="2=population",
         region="g",