Climate averages 1991–2020

Xianning weather
in November.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.4°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 8.8°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 65 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a mild month in Xianning: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Puqi (45 km away). In November its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Xianning, with 66 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xianning ranks joint 220th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 728th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Xianning is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 41 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. -505101520253035 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Xianning climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xianning, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.3°C1.6°C1.6°C659.410.510 h
February 12.1°C3.8°C3.8°C8410.211.111 h
March 16.5°C7.7°C7.7°C13014.612.012 h
April 22.4°C13.3°C13.3°C17713.612.913 h
May 26.6°C18.1°C18.1°C19813.913.614 h
June 29.3°C22.1°C22.1°C26716.114.014 h
July 32.3°C25.6°C25.6°C23015.213.914 h
August 31.9°C25.0°C25.0°C13715.113.213 h
September 28.3°C20.7°C20.7°C949.712.412 h
October 23.2°C15.0°C15.0°C678.011.511 h
November, selected 17.4°C8.8°C8.8°C658.010.711 h
December 11.5°C3.2°C3.2°C416.610.310 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 Xianning

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