Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In December its highs average 20.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Xiamen, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 89th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 693rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xiamen is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Jinjiang in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Ximeicun in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Quanzhou in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Longyan in DecemberChina · 126 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in DecemberChina · 142 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Putian in DecemberChina · 142 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Chaozhou in DecemberChina · 174 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 39 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.