Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In February its highs average 19.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Xiamen, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 123rd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 696th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xiamen is 8.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in FebruaryChina · 43 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Jinjiang in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Ximeicun in FebruaryChina · 64 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Quanzhou in FebruaryChina · 70 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Longyan in FebruaryChina · 126 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in FebruaryChina · 142 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Putian in FebruaryChina · 142 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Chaozhou in FebruaryChina · 174 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 51 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.