Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaoshan weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Shaoshan: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangxiang (20 km away). In November its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Shaoshan, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoshan ranks joint 207th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 724th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Shaoshan is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 47 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
Shaoshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 68 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 84 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 157 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 185 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 227 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 265 | 17.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 180 | 12.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 132 | 13.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 81 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 60 | 7.6 | 11.512 h |
| November, selected | 17.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 64 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.410 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
- Xiangxiang in NovemberChina · 20 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Xiangtan in NovemberChina · 38 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Changsha in NovemberChina · 54 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Loudi in NovemberChina · 55 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Yongfeng in NovemberChina · 62 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in NovemberChina · 63 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Heshan in NovemberChina · 74 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Gantang in NovemberChina · 76 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 70 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 Shaoshan) is explained once on the Shaoshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.