Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiamen weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Xiamen: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (43 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Xiamen, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiamen ranks joint 75th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 327th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xiamen is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Zhangzhou in OctoberChina · 43 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Jinjiang in OctoberChina · 62 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Ximeicun in OctoberChina · 64 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Quanzhou in OctoberChina · 70 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Longyan in OctoberChina · 126 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in OctoberChina · 142 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Putian in OctoberChina · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Chaozhou in OctoberChina · 174 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 53 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.