Climate averages 1991–2020

Rockhampton weather
in November.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.9°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 20.3°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 50 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rockhampton · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Rockhampton: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bundaberg (249 km away). In November its highs average 27.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Rockhampton, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Rockhampton ranks 3rd of 32 for the warmest November highs and 8th of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Rockhampton is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 85 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Rockhampton climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rockhampton, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.8°C23.0°C23.0°C9910.813.413 h
February 30.2°C22.9°C22.9°C12211.712.913 h
March 29.3°C21.7°C21.7°C757.212.212 h
April 27.5°C19.2°C19.2°C374.211.612 h
May 24.8°C15.9°C15.9°C293.211.011 h
June 22.5°C13.2°C13.2°C293.310.711 h
July 22.2°C11.9°C11.9°C242.610.811 h
August 23.6°C12.6°C12.6°C222.311.311 h
September 26.6°C15.4°C15.4°C202.411.912 h
October 28.4°C18.1°C18.1°C354.712.613 h
November, selected 29.9°C20.3°C20.3°C506.113.213 h
December 30.9°C22.0°C22.0°C859.513.514 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

Distance from Rockhampton

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rockhampton) is explained once on the Rockhampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.