Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Canberra: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In November its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks joint 25th of 32 for the warmest November highs and 12th of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Canberra is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November, selected | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 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
November in nearby cities
- Tuggeranong in NovemberAustralia · 16 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Wollongong in NovemberAustralia · 187 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in NovemberAustralia · 206 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Sydney in NovemberAustralia · 247 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Central Coast in NovemberAustralia · 291 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in NovemberAustralia · 358 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Maitland in NovemberAustralia · 361 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Bendigo in NovemberAustralia · 466 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 47 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 Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.