Climate averages 1991–2020
Petrolina weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Petrolina: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Casa Nova (58 km away). In November its highs average 33.8°C, about as warm as Petrolina, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Petrolina ranks joint 18th of 448 for the warmest November highs and joint 54th of 448 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 448 cities is 28.0°C; Petrolina is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 50 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
Petrolina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 80 | 8.7 | 12.613 h |
| February | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 67 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 32.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 79 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 32 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 2.8 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 30.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 10 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| November, selected | 33.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 32 | 3.9 | 12.513 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.713 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
- Casa Nova in NovemberBrazil · 58 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Senhor do Bonfim in NovemberBrazil · 123 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Campo Formoso in NovemberBrazil · 125 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Jacobina in NovemberBrazil · 198 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Araripina in NovemberBrazil · 203 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in NovemberBrazil · 251 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Irecê in NovemberBrazil · 259 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Crato in NovemberBrazil · 269 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 20 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 Petrolina) is explained once on the Petrolina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.