Climate averages 1991–2020
Darwin weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In November its highs average 31.2°C, 2.0°C cooler than Darwin, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest November highs and 32nd of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Darwin is 8.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 323 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
Darwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 438 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 379 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 300 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| June | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 76 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 180 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 31.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 323 | 24.9 | 12.813 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
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 Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.