What time is it in Xiamen, Fujian, China
This page shows the current local time in Xiamen, Fujian, China, together with the city’s sunrise, sunset, and weather information. The combination helps you choose a sensible hour for calls, journeys, waterfront plans, and other time-sensitive activities.
Xiamen, China
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Local time in Xiamen
UTC+8 · no daylight saving time
The sun today
Sunrise 05:51 Solar noon 12:08 Sunset 18:25 Daylight 12 h 34 min Night 11 h 26 min Civil twilight 05:28 – 18:49
Weather in Xiamen right now
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Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Xiamen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 361000
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Fujian
- Fuzhou 8 291 268
- Ximeicun 1 663 542
- Putian 1 539 389
- Quanzhou 1 469 157
- Jinjiang 1 416 151
- Longyan 1 025 087
Other places named Xiamen
- Xiamen Anhui, China
- Xiamen Zhejiang, China
- Xiamen Zhejiang, China
- Xiamen Zhejiang, China
- Xiamen Jiangxi, China
Same time zone — Asia/Shanghai
Nearby places
- Taipingyansi — 3.2 km
- Lianfan — 3.6 km
- Dongpingshan — 3.7 km
- Wushizhen — 4.2 km
- Aoguan — 4.3 km
- Huli — 4.3 km
What time is it in Xiamen
Xiamen uses China Standard Time, the official civil time observed across China. The live display supplies the exact local reading and date. When coordinating from abroad, compare it with your own present offset rather than relying on a difference remembered from another part of the year.
That precaution matters because another country may move its clocks seasonally even though Xiamen does not. The difference between the two places can therefore change without Xiamen’s clock changing at all. For travel bookings or remote work, include both city names in the written arrangement.
Read the full local date beside the Xiamen time. Convert departure and arrival times separately. Check the recipient’s normal waking or working hours. State which city’s clock governs a deadline. Time zones are perfectly orderly until somebody writes “tomorrow morning” in a group chat.
Using sunrise and sunset in a coastal city
Sunrise and sunset mark precise positions of the sun relative to the horizon. They help describe the daylight window, but visible conditions also depend on cloud, haze, nearby structures, and the direction of your view. Morning light begins during twilight before the listed sunrise, and evening brightness fades after sunset.
Use the page’s date-specific entries for photography, walking, transport connections, or time beside the water. A plan based on daylight should allow extra time on either side of the formal event. The moment of sunset does not tell you when a venue closes, when a ferry operates, or when a road becomes busy.
Daylight times vary through the calendar, so yesterday’s value is not automatically today’s value. If you save or share a plan, preserve the date along with the hour. That small detail prevents an old screenshot from masquerading as current information.
Making sense of Xiamen weather
Begin with the timestamp. A weather observation describes conditions reported around a particular moment; a forecast describes what may happen later. Temperature alone is incomplete. Humidity can affect comfort, wind matters near exposed places, cloud changes light, and precipitation may alter both travel and visibility.
Choose the time of the planned activity. Find the forecast period closest to it. Note whether that period falls before sunrise or after sunset. Review rain, wind, temperature, and cloud together. Refresh the information when departure approaches.
Conditions can differ within and around Xiamen, especially where exposure to wind or passing showers varies. Treat a city forecast as a broad local guide, not a guarantee for one street or viewpoint. For marine or safety-critical decisions, consult the appropriate specialist warning or operator information as well.
Questions and answers
- Does Xiamen observe seasonal clock changes?
- No. Xiamen uses China Standard Time throughout the year.
- Is sunset the moment when darkness begins?
- No. Evening twilight continues after sunset, although cloud and surroundings can make it appear darker sooner.
- Why should I inspect the weather timestamp?
- It tells you whether the displayed conditions are a recent observation or a forecast for another period.