Weather in Xiamen

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 12:05 pm (GMT+8)

Now · mainly clear 84 °F

Feels like: 87 °F
Low / high: 68 / 85 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 4 mph ESE

↘ 30.12 inHg · falling UV 8 · high

Today in Xiamen: partly cloudy, 68 °F to 85 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a light breeze from the east-southeast (4 mph). Tomorrow, clear sky, 67 °F to 84 °F and a 0% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Monday 2, at 91 °F. No significant rain expected over the next 7 days.

Measured now at the airport

Xiamen-Gaoqi (ZSAM), 5.5 mi away · 1 h 16 min ago

Visibility6.2 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature79 °F

Wind5 mph from the north-northeast

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

85° 68°
Today
84° 67°
Fri 30
85° 71°
Sat 31
87° 68°
Sun 1
91° 73°
Mon 2
85° 73°
Tue 3
83° 72°
Wed 4
84° 72°
Thu 5
82° 72°
Fri 6
87° 71°
Sat 7
82° 73°
Sun 8
79° 65°
Mon 9
82° 63°
Tue 10
81° 65°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Partly cloudy	68 / 85 °F	0%	10 mph ENE	1.8 ft	1:40 am · 2:32 pm	ECMWF
Fri 30	Clear sky	67 / 84 °F	0%	13 mph E	1.4 ft	2:22 am · 3:19 pm	ECMWF
Sat 31	Partly cloudy	71 / 85 °F	0%	11 mph ENE	2.4 ft	3:07 am · 4:09 pm	ECMWF
Sun 1	Clear sky	68 / 87 °F	0%	8 mph SSE	1.8 ft	3:59 am · 5:06 pm	ECMWF
Mon 2	Light drizzle	73 / 91 °F	18% · 0.01 in	13 mph E	1.9 ft	4:59 am · 6:10 pm	ECMWF
Tue 3	Overcast	73 / 85 °F	2%	12 mph ENE	2.2 ft	6:11 am · 7:25 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Mainly clear	72 / 83 °F	0%	10 mph E	1.7 ft	7:38 am · 8:38 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Partly cloudy	72 / 84 °F	12%	10 mph ESE	1.0 ft	9:03 am · 9:38 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Light drizzle	72 / 82 °F	14% · 0.02 in	12 mph NE	2.2 ft	10:07 am · 10:27 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Clear sky	71 / 87 °F	13%	9 mph E	1.8 ft	10:58 am · 11:09 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Light drizzle	73 / 82 °F	8% · 0.05 in	14 mph ENE	1.9 ft	11:42 am · 11:46 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Mainly clear	65 / 79 °F	4%	15 mph NE	2.2 ft	12:23 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Overcast	63 / 82 °F	1%	13 mph NE	2.0 ft	12:20 am · 1:01 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Overcast	65 / 81 °F	2%	11 mph NE	1.5 ft	12:53 am · 1:38 pm	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy	Clear
Temperature	70°	69°	69°	76°	83°	83°	76°	74°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	10 NNE	7 NNE	4 NW	2 NNW	3 ESE	7 SE	8 E	5 ENE
Humidity	59%	62%	62%	52%	42%	45%	66%	72%
UV	0	0	0	4	8	2	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on wind tomorrow: take it with some caution.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	85°	84°	85°	87°	91°	85°	83°
AIFS	83°	84°	83°	84°	83°	79°	83°
GFS	80°	81°	84°	82°	87°	80°	80°
ICON	82°	84°	82°	82°	86°	84°	83°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	medium	medium	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0	0	0	0	0.01 in	0	0
AIFS	0	0	0	0	0.04 in	0.01 in	0
GFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ICON	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1022	1328	1126	819	1333	1229	1027
AIFS	9	6	11	6	13	11	7
GFS	914	1218	1624	1011	2130	1528	1319
ICON	513	614	920	411	920	716	512
Confidence	high	medium	medium	high	medium	medium	medium

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	18%	2%	0%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%	10%	0%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: warmer and a bit wetter.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Above +4.0 °F	Below −74%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Above +2.9 °F	Normal	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +1.8 °F	Well above +155%	77° / 63°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit above +2.3 °F	Above +87%	75° / 61°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +2.3 °F	Above +82%	74° / 59°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	A bit above +1.8 °F	Above +71%
December	A bit above +1.1 °F	Above +78%
January	A bit above +1.3 °F	A bit above +46%
February	A bit above +2.0 °F	Above +76%
March	A bit above +1.6 °F	Above +69%

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give. The long-range sea temperature isn't usable at this spot (the model's grid cell falls on land).

Xiamen climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Xiamen is from October to November: highs of 76 °F to 83 °F, about 3 rainy days a month and 6 hours of sunshine a day.

Typhoon season: from July to September, peaking in August. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 36 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Xiamen, one or two a year; 17 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Podul, in August 2025.

64° 50°

JanJ
64° 50°

FebF
69° 55°

MarM
76° 62°

AprA
83° 69°

MayM
87° 75°

JunJ
91° 77°

JulJ
91° 77°

AugA
89° 75°

SepS
83° 69°

OctO
76° 62°

NovN
68° 53°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	64°	50°	1.27 in	5	4.6	60°	3.9 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	64°	50°	2.01 in	7	4.5	59°	3.5 ft	–
MarchMar	69°	55°	3.27 in	11	4.5	62°	3.1 ft	–
AprilApr	76°	62°	3.94 in	12	4.9	67°	2.3 ft	–
MayMay	83°	69°	4.48 in	15	5.7	74°	2.0 ft	1
JuneJun	87°	75°	6.71 in	17	5.1	79°	2.2 ft	4
JulyJul	91°	77°	5.63 in	11	7.3	81°	2.2 ft	7
AugustAug	91°	77°	6.26 in	15	6.4	82°	2.3 ft	12
SeptemberSep	89°	75°	2.85 in	10	6.6	81°	2.7 ft	8
OctoberOct	83°	69°	1.22 in	3	6.4	77°	4.2 ft	4
NovemberNov	76°	62°	1.43 in	4	5.4	71°	3.9 ft	–
DecemberDec	68°	53°	1.11 in	4	4.9	65°	4.5 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	60°	3.9 ft	–
Feb	59°	3.5 ft	–
Mar	62°	3.1 ft	–
Apr	67°	2.3 ft	–
May	74°	2.0 ft	1
Jun	79°	2.2 ft	4
Jul	81°	2.2 ft	7
Aug	82°	2.3 ft	12
Sep	81°	2.7 ft	8
Oct	77°	4.2 ft	4
Nov	71°	3.9 ft	–
Dec	65°	4.5 ft	–

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 40.19 in of rain on about 113 days and about 2,000 hours of sunshine.

Cyclones: how many tropical cyclones (tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) passed within 93 mi in each month from 1996 to 2025, according to IBTrACS (NOAA).

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now84 °Ffeels like 87 °F

Tomorrow67 / 84 °F

It's 84 °F now (feels like 87 °F). Today, 68 °F to 85 °F; tomorrow, 67 °F to 84 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Fri 30 0%
Sat 31 0%
Sun 1 0%
Mon 2 18% 0.01 in
Tue 3 2%
Wed 4 0%

Today the chance of rain reaches 0%. No significant rain expected this week.

No rain in the last 7 days.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity41%

Dew point58 °F

Humidity is 41% now and the dew point is 58 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds49%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now7

Today's peak8high

Fri 30: 7 · Sat 31: 7 · Sun 1: 7

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change

30.1030.20 30.05

Falling now (−0.06 inHg in 3 hours). It barely changes over the next 48 hours. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityModerate · 49

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Max wind
Wed 28	Partly cloudy	70 / 83 °F	15 mph NE
Tue 27	Partly cloudy	72 / 86 °F	13 mph NE
Mon 26	Overcast	75 / 85 °F	10 mph ENE
Sun 25	Overcast	75 / 85 °F	6 mph NNE
Sat 24	Overcast	78 / 94 °F	11 mph WNW
Fri 23	Partly cloudy	72 / 92 °F	14 mph N
Thu 22	Overcast	74 / 89 °F	16 mph NE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Mainly clear	76 / 96 °F	0	17 mph NE
Tue 20	Partly cloudy	75 / 92 °F	0	8 mph SE
Mon 19	Partly cloudy	76 / 91 °F	0	11 mph ESE
Sun 18	Mainly clear	75 / 95 °F	0	11 mph E
Sat 17	Overcast	74 / 89 °F	0	10 mph E
Fri 16	Overcast	72 / 88 °F	0	8 mph ENE
Thu 15	Overcast	73 / 87 °F	0	10 mph ENE
Wed 14	Overcast	76 / 88 °F	0	11 mph NE
Tue 13	Clear sky	73 / 89 °F	0	7 mph SE
Mon 12	Partly cloudy	72 / 87 °F	0	9 mph E
Sun 11	Clear sky	71 / 90 °F	0	9 mph ENE
Sat 10	Clear sky	69 / 90 °F	0	11 mph ENE
Fri 9	Mainly clear	71 / 87 °F	0	9 mph NE
Thu 8	Overcast	68 / 85 °F	0	12 mph NE
Wed 7	Clear sky	69 / 82 °F	0	12 mph NE
Tue 6	Overcast	72 / 81 °F	0	12 mph NE
Mon 5	Rain	75 / 79 °F	0.70 in	11 mph NE
Sun 4	Drizzle	77 / 92 °F	0.09 in	6 mph NNE
Sat 3	Overcast	76 / 86 °F	0	10 mph ENE
Fri 2	Showers	78 / 88 °F	0.44 in	9 mph ENE
Thu 1	Light showers	81 / 87 °F	0.22 in	6 mph NNW
Wed 30	Light drizzle	82 / 92 °F	0.09 in	6 mph ESE
Tue 29	Drizzle	80 / 96 °F	0.06 in	8 mph SSW

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in XiamenQuestions

What's the weather like today in Xiamen?

Partly cloudy, from 68 °F to 85 °F, with a light breeze from the east-southeast (4 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Xiamen?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 0% (0.00 in): clear sky.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 67 °F and a high of 91 °F; the warmest day, Monday 2.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 8 (high). Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.12 inHg and falling: −0.03 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Xiamen?

The best time to visit Xiamen is from October to November: highs of 76 °F to 83 °F, about 3 rainy days a month and 6 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Xiamen in October?

In October, Xiamen normally sees highs of 83 °F and lows of 69 °F, with about 3 rainy days (1.22 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 77 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Xiamen?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 91 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 50 °F. The wettest is June (6.71 in) and the driest, December.

When is typhoon season in Xiamen?

Typhoon season: from July to September, peaking in August. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 36 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Xiamen, one or two a year; 17 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Podul, in August 2025.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 5.3 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 12:05 pm (local time).

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