What are the temperature differences between Detroit and Xiamen?

Xiamen has a warmer climate than Detroit, with temperatures consistently within the comfort range for most of the year Detroit experiences discomfort temperatures during the winter months July and August in Xiamen can get uncomfortably hot.

What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Detroit and Xiamen?

Xiamen has consistently more precipitation than Detroit except for May. Detroit enjoys significantly more sunshine during the summer months (June-August) compared to Xiamen. Xiamen's sunshine hours are more stable throughout the year excluding June.

What are the differences in astronomy conditions (sunrise, sunset) between Detroit and Xiamen?

Detroit has both earlier sunsets and later sunrises compared to Xiamen. Detroit experiences significantly longer days in June and shorter days in December than Xiamen. The difference between the earliest and latest sunrise, sunset and day length are bigger in Detroit than Xiamen.

Detroit and Xiamen: Weather & Climate Comparison

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

Xiamen has a warmer climate than Detroit, with temperatures consistently within the comfort range for most of the year
Detroit experiences discomfort temperatures during the winter months
July and August in Xiamen can get uncomfortably hot.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	-0.3°C	17.2°C
Feb	1.8°C	17.5°C
Mar	7.2°C	20.2°C
Apr	12.9°C	24.0°C
May	19.8°C	26.6°C
Jun	25.6°C	29.0°C
Jul	28.3°C	31.6°C
Aug	27.7°C	31.2°C
Sep	24.5°C	30.6°C
Oct	16.9°C	27.3°C
Nov	8.2°C	23.6°C
Dec	3.4°C	19.1°C
Average	14.7°C	24.8°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	-5.5°C	11.8°C
Feb	-4.9°C	12.4°C
Mar	-0.3°C	14.8°C
Apr	4.7°C	18.3°C
May	11.1°C	21.9°C
Jun	16.7°C	24.9°C
Jul	19.9°C	26.7°C
Aug	19.4°C	26.7°C
Sep	16.3°C	25.5°C
Oct	9.8°C	22.1°C
Nov	2.5°C	18.3°C
Dec	-1.3°C	13.6°C
Average	7.4°C	19.7°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

Xiamen has consistently more precipitation than Detroit except for May.
Detroit enjoys significantly more sunshine during the summer months (June-August) compared to Xiamen. Xiamen's sunshine hours are more stable throughout the year excluding June.

Sunny Weather

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	1.4 hours/day	5.8 hours/day
Feb	2.2 hours/day	4.7 hours/day
Mar	3.3 hours/day	5.0 hours/day
Apr	3.9 hours/day	5.2 hours/day
May	5.5 hours/day	3.5 hours/day
Jun	7.9 hours/day	2.5 hours/day
Jul	7.1 hours/day	6.2 hours/day
Aug	7.0 hours/day	4.7 hours/day
Sep	6.5 hours/day	5.6 hours/day
Oct	4.3 hours/day	4.6 hours/day
Nov	3.3 hours/day	5.1 hours/day
Dec	2.1 hours/day	5.3 hours/day
Average	4.5 hours/day	4.9 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	2.7mm	1.2mm
Feb	3.4mm	1.9mm
Mar	3.4mm	2.8mm
Apr	3.4mm	4.2mm
May	2.9mm	6.3mm
Jun	2.8mm	9.6mm
Jul	2.8mm	6.0mm
Aug	2.4mm	7.9mm
Sep	1.7mm	4.7mm
Oct	2.5mm	0.8mm
Nov	2.3mm	1.3mm
Dec	2.6mm	0.8mm
Average	2.7mm	4.0mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	19.1km/h	22.1km/h
Feb	19.8km/h	21.7km/h
Mar	21.4km/h	20.5km/h
Apr	20.6km/h	19.9km/h
May	18.6km/h	18.5km/h
Jun	18.2km/h	18.1km/h
Jul	16.0km/h	19.6km/h
Aug	15.9km/h	17.9km/h
Sep	16.5km/h	19.4km/h
Oct	19.2km/h	25.0km/h
Nov	19.9km/h	23.2km/h
Dec	19.1km/h	24.4km/h
Average	18.7km/h	20.9km/h

Humidity

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	78.1%	70.7%
Feb	78.5%	74.7%
Mar	68.0%	75.6%
Apr	66.1%	75.2%
May	65.7%	80.0%
Jun	63.0%	84.2%
Jul	63.8%	79.2%
Aug	62.6%	78.6%
Sep	63.6%	74.5%
Oct	63.6%	68.9%
Nov	67.3%	70.4%
Dec	74.6%	67.6%
Average	67.9%	75.0%

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Astronomy

Detroit has both earlier sunsets and later sunrises compared to Xiamen. Detroit experiences significantly longer days in June and shorter days in December than Xiamen.
The difference between the earliest and latest sunrise, sunset and day length are bigger in Detroit than Xiamen.

Sunrise Time

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	7:57	6:52
Feb	7:28	6:41
Mar	7:21	6:16
Apr	6:51	5:46
May	6:11	5:25
Jun	5:56	5:20
Jul	6:10	5:29
Aug	6:41	5:43
Sep	7:13	5:54
Oct	7:47	6:06
Nov	7:32	6:23
Dec	7:55	6:44
Average	7:06	6:06

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	17:27	17:41
Feb	18:04	18:02
Mar	19:19	18:17
Apr	20:14	18:29
May	20:48	18:44
Jun	21:10	18:57
Jul	21:05	18:58
Aug	20:31	18:40
Sep	19:41	18:11
Oct	18:49	17:41
Nov	17:19	17:22
Dec	17:02	17:23
Average	19:18	18:12

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Detroit	Xiamen
Jan	9:30 hours	10:41 hours
Feb	10:36 hours	11:02 hours
Mar	11:58 hours	11:17 hours
Apr	13:14 hours	11:29 hours
May	13:48 hours	11:44 hours
Jun	14:10 hours	11:57 hours
Jul	14:05 hours	11:58 hours
Aug	13:31 hours	11:40 hours
Sep	12:28 hours	11:11 hours
Oct	11:02 hours	10:41 hours
Nov	9:47 hours	10:22 hours
Dec	9:08 hours	10:23 hours
Average	11:54 hours	11:12 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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