Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio de Janeiro weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Rio de Janeiro: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Gonçalo (16 km away). In November its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Rio de Janeiro, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro ranks joint 198th of 448 for the warmest November highs and joint 160th of 448 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 448 cities is 28.0°C; Rio de Janeiro is level with that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 151 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
Rio de Janeiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 170 | 16.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 118 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 145 | 16.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 88 | 12.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 76 | 11.1 | 11.011 h |
| June | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 48 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| July | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 51 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| August | 25.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 41 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 75 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 92 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| November, selected | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 139 | 15.8 | 13.213 h |
| December | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 151 | 16.2 | 13.514 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
- São Gonçalo in NovemberBrazil · 16 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 204 mm rain
- Duque de Caxias in NovemberBrazil · 19 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Barra da Tijuca in NovemberBrazil · 21 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Belford Roxo in NovemberBrazil · 27 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Magé in NovemberBrazil · 32 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 204 mm rain
- Nova Iguaçu in NovemberBrazil · 32 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Maricá in NovemberBrazil · 37 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Itaboraí in NovemberBrazil · 38 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 210 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 Rio de Janeiro) is explained once on the Rio de Janeiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Barra da Tijuca lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.