Climate averages 1991–2020
Calgary weather
in November.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Calgary: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Airdrie (28 km away). In November its highs average 1.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Calgary, with 20 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Calgary ranks joint 76th of 86 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 86 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 86 cities is 5.7°C; Calgary is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.0°C to -2.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 19 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Calgary climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 12 | 3.7 | 8.58 h |
| February | 0.0°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 12 | 3.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.2°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 21 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 38 | 8.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 72 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| June | 19.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 104 | 13.7 | 16.516 h |
| July | 22.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 61 | 10.8 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 63 | 9.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 44 | 7.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.2°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 24 | 6.2 | 10.811 h |
| November, selected | 2.1°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 19 | 4.9 | 9.09 h |
| December | -2.8°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 14 | 3.7 | 8.08 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Airdrie in NovemberCanada · 28 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in NovemberCanada · 137 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -8.2°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in NovemberCanada · 175 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in NovemberCanada · 279 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -8.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in NovemberCanada · 281 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -8.3°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in NovemberCanada · 404 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Spokane Valley in NovemberUnited States · 439 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Kamloops in NovemberCanada · 440 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 56 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 Calgary) is explained once on the Calgary year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.