Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Sanming: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In November its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 109th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 600th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Sanming is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November, selected | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Nanping in NovemberChina · 71 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Shaowu in NovemberChina · 122 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Longyan in NovemberChina · 144 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Xujiang in NovemberChina · 145 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Qincheng in NovemberChina · 152 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Ximeicun in NovemberChina · 160 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Putian in NovemberChina · 166 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Fuzhou in NovemberChina · 170 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 62 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.