Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Mackay: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In November its highs average 29.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Mackay, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 7th of 32 for the warmest November highs and 17th of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Mackay is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 117 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
Mackay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| November, selected | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 117 | 11.6 | 13.413 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
- Rockhampton in NovemberAustralia · 283 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Townsville in NovemberAustralia · 324 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Bundaberg in NovemberAustralia · 526 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Cairns in NovemberAustralia · 591 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in NovemberAustralia · 730 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Caloundra in NovemberAustralia · 746 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Toowoomba in NovemberAustralia · 766 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Sydney in NovemberAustralia · 1428 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 72 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 Mackay) is explained once on the Mackay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.