Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Xiamen, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 441st of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 480th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Xiamen is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 188 mm to 251 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in JulyChina · 43 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Jinjiang in JulyChina · 62 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Ximeicun in JulyChina · 64 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Quanzhou in JulyChina · 70 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Longyan in JulyChina · 126 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in JulyChina · 142 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Putian in JulyChina · 142 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Chaozhou in JulyChina · 174 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 241 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.