Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne 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 Melbourne: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In November its highs average 19.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Melbourne, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks 27th of 32 for the warmest November highs and joint 14th of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Melbourne is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 60 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
Melbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 5.7 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| November, selected | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 61 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.715 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
- Geelong in NovemberAustralia · 65 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Ballarat in NovemberAustralia · 102 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Bendigo in NovemberAustralia · 132 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Launceston in NovemberAustralia · 444 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in NovemberAustralia · 453 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Canberra in NovemberAustralia · 466 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Hobart in NovemberAustralia · 598 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in NovemberAustralia · 646 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 34 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 Melbourne) is explained once on the Melbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.