Xiamen
24.48° N, 118.08° E
When to go?
Mean 14 °C, 5 rain days in the month (40 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 7 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 10 rain days in the month (92 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 10 rain days in the month (119 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, 14 rain days in the month (182 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 27 °C, 16 rain days in the month (232 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 29 °C, 11 rain days in the month (174 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 3
Mean 29 °C, 12 rain days in the month (214 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 3
Mean 28 °C, 8 rain days in the month (106 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 3
Mean 25 °C, 3 rain days in the month (36 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 21 °C, 5 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 16 °C, 4 rain days in the month (36 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are March–April, November–December. Ideal for the sea: May, July–November. Avoid June–October (hot, at times often rainy and typhoons).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Taiwan Strait
Monthly mean sea temperature: Taiwan Strait (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Taiwan Strait (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.9 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2021 (+1.9 °C), coldest: 1969 (−0.4 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+1.3 and +1.3 °C), August the least (+0.5 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 21 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 7 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.4 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990