Climate Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (ZSAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.8	67	69	75	85	64
February	64.1	54	59	57	82	74
March	62.4	73	68	66	67	57
April	73.3		65	83	72	79
May	70.7		77	61	67	60
June	72.8		80	65	68	86
July	88.6		82	83	88	98
August	85.1		88	87	77	86
September	90.8		80	96	95	86
October	92.9		90	97	93	100
November	87.5		89	77	90	98
December	80.8		78	90	88	80
Average	76.5	64.9	77.0	77.7	80.8	80.4

13th best VFR conditions of China

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.6	92	94	97	99	92
February	91.8	95	91	95	96	88
March	88.4	91	92	88	91	87
April	92.6		92	94	90	97
May	94.7		97	89	92	94
June	93.7		98	86	97	99
July	99.1		97	99	100	99
August	99.1		100	100	97	99
September	99.0		99	99	100	99
October	99.3		99	100	99	100
November	98.4		99	95	97	100
December	96.8		98	100	96	98
Average	95.0	92.6	96.4	94.8	96.1	95.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.9	19	18	19	19	19
February	19.3	20	20	17	23	20
March	22.3	22	22	24	23	22
April	25.9		26	26	26	24
May	29.2		30	26	31	30
June	31.6		32	31	32	34
July	34.1		34	34	35	35
August	33.8		34	34	33	34
September	32.6		32	33	34	31
October	28.8		29	29	30	28
November	25.2		26	26	24	27
December	20.5		21	19	21	20
Average	26.1	20.3	26.9	26.7	27.4	27.0

5th highest temperature of China

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.4	12	12	13	11	13
February	12.6	13	12	11	14	13
March	15.2	15	15	16	16	16
April	18.6		19	18	19	17
May	22.8		23	20	25	24
June	25.9		27	25	26	27
July	27.6		28	28	28	28
August	27.2		27	28	27	27
September	25.9		26	26	27	25
October	22.4		23	22	24	22
November	18.7		18	20	17	20
December	13.9		14	14	14	15
Average	19.5	13.3	20.3	20.3	20.5	20.5

34th lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.4	3	10	5	0	2
February	8.8	4	8	26	2	9
March	9.5	7	11	11	3	10
April	6.7		6	4	9	6
May	10.5		2	27	8	11
June	12.7		7	21	10	6
July	4.9		8	5	1	1
August	6.2		7	2	8	5
September	3.2		10	1	0	6
October	1.8		4	0	2	0
November	4.4		1	9	4	1
December	5.2		3	12	5	7
Average	6.5	4.4	6.5	10.1	4.3	5.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.9	7	6	7	7	6
February	7.0	6	8	8	7	7
March	6.6	7	7	7	7	6
April	7.3		7	8	8	7
May	7.1		7	7	7	7
June	7.3		7	7	7	8
July	7.7		8	7	8	8
August	7.1		6	7	7	7
September	7.5		8	8	7	7
October	9.4		8	11	10	11
November	8.0		7	7	7	10
December	8.2		7	8	8	9
Average	7.4	6.5	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.6

5th highest wind speed of China

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	070°	059°	064°	069°	078°
February	099°	070°	062°	080°	078°
March	087°	095°	092°	085°	085°
April		098°	086°	089°	082°
May		101°	079°	164°	124°
June		176°	182°	182°	201°
July		178°	171°	170°	182°
August		183°	149°	170°	148°
September		066°	077°	105°	076°
October		052°	050°	046°	044°
November		058°	058°	040°	048°
December		063°	043°	055°	048°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.