Climate averages 1991–2020
San José weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in San José: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 312 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is David (247 km away). In November its highs average 27.7°C, 4.3°C warmer than San José, with 520 mm of rain.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 312 mm to 169 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
San José climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 104 | 13.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 69 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 102 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 357 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 385 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 293 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 345 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 391 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 430 | 30.1 | 11.912 h |
| November, selected | 23.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 312 | 25.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 169 | 17.8 | 11.612 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
- David in NovemberPanama · 247 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 520 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in NovemberNicaragua · 302 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Masaya in NovemberNicaragua · 316 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Managua in NovemberNicaragua · 340 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Matagalpa in NovemberNicaragua · 388 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in NovemberNicaragua · 413 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Estelí in NovemberNicaragua · 430 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Chinandega in NovemberNicaragua · 447 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 80 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 San José) is explained once on the San José year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.