Climate averages 1991–2020
Gent weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Gent: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aalst (26 km away). In November its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as Gent, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Gent ranks joint 4th of 18 for the warmest November highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 18 cities is 9.8°C; Gent is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 71 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
Gent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 62 | 11.9 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 53 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 49 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 12.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 11.2 | 16.516 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 11.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 56 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.811 h |
| November, selected | 10.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 62 | 11.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 71 | 12.6 | 8.08 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
- Aalst in NovemberBelgium · 26 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Brugge in NovemberBelgium · 39 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Kortrijk in NovemberBelgium · 40 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Anderlecht in NovemberBelgium · 48 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Brussels in NovemberBelgium · 50 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in NovemberBelgium · 50 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Antwerp in NovemberBelgium · 51 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Ixelles in NovemberBelgium · 52 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 64 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 Gent) is explained once on the Gent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.