Climate averages 1991–2020

São Luís weather
in November.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.9°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 25.7°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 27 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in São Luís · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in São Luís: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is São José de Ribamar (27 km away). In November its highs average 29.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than São Luís, with 28 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Luís ranks joint 71st of 448 for the warmest November highs and joint 48th of 448 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 448 cities is 28.0°C; São Luís is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 73 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. 20253035 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 4500

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

Every month, side by side

São Luís climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for São Luís, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.0°C24.7°C24.7°C22125.412.212 h
February 28.3°C24.4°C24.4°C30526.312.212 h
March 28.1°C24.2°C24.2°C44030.312.112 h
April 28.3°C24.3°C24.3°C41428.812.112 h
May 28.8°C24.6°C24.6°C28626.912.012 h
June 29.1°C24.7°C24.7°C15323.012.012 h
July 29.3°C24.7°C24.7°C10320.012.012 h
August 30.6°C25.3°C25.3°C289.012.012 h
September 31.2°C25.5°C25.5°C113.212.112 h
October 31.2°C25.7°C25.7°C133.612.212 h
November, selected 30.9°C25.7°C25.7°C276.812.212 h
December 30.4°C25.5°C25.5°C7315.212.312 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 São Luís

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 São Luís) is explained once on the São Luís year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.