Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In January its highs average 18.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Xiamen, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 101st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 612th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Xiamen is 11.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in JanuaryChina · 43 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Jinjiang in JanuaryChina · 62 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Ximeicun in JanuaryChina · 64 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Quanzhou in JanuaryChina · 70 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Longyan in JanuaryChina · 126 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in JanuaryChina · 142 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Putian in JanuaryChina · 142 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Chaozhou in JanuaryChina · 174 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 35 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.