Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Riohacha (75 km away). In November its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks joint 3rd of 46 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 46 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 46 cities is 25.3°C; Maicao is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 126 mm to 40 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November, selected | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 11.511 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
- Riohacha in NovemberColombia · 75 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 mm rain
- La Concepción in NovemberVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Maracaibo in NovemberVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in NovemberVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 135 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in NovemberVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 131 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in NovemberVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Cabimas in NovemberVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 188 mm rain
- Valledupar in NovemberColombia · 150 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 308 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.