Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Xiamen, with 263 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 311th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 785th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xiamen is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 251 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Xiamen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 40 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 8.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 89 | 11.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 108 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 184 | 16.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 245 | 19.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 188 | 17.0 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 251 | 19.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 131 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 44 | 3.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 49 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 42 | 5.0 | 10.711 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
August in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in AugustChina · 43 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Jinjiang in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AugustChina · 64 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Quanzhou in AugustChina · 70 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 245 mm rain
- Longyan in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in AugustChina · 142 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 320 mm rain
- Putian in AugustChina · 142 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Chaozhou in AugustChina · 174 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 315 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 Xiamen) is explained once on the Xiamen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.