Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In November its highs average 24.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Xiamen, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 90th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 574th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Xiamen is 10.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in NovemberChina · 43 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Jinjiang in NovemberChina · 62 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Ximeicun in NovemberChina · 64 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Quanzhou in NovemberChina · 70 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Longyan in NovemberChina · 126 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in NovemberChina · 142 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Putian in NovemberChina · 142 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Chaozhou in NovemberChina · 174 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 45 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.