Climate averages 1991–2020

Tórshavn weather
in November.

A cold, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 7.3°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 4.8°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 119 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 7 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tórshavn · average highYear overview

November is a cold month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 10 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In November its highs average 8.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 92 mm of rain.

From November to December, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 6.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 125 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. 051015 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 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Tórshavn climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tórshavn, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.9°C3.2°C3.2°C12219.66.26 h
February 5.6°C2.8°C2.8°C9716.98.89 h
March 5.9°C3.1°C3.1°C9317.811.712 h
April 7.0°C4.2°C4.2°C6713.914.715 h
May 8.6°C5.8°C5.8°C5411.817.718 h
June 10.6°C7.9°C7.9°C468.919.520 h
July 12.2°C9.7°C9.7°C5311.418.719 h
August 12.4°C10.0°C10.0°C6811.916.016 h
September 11.2°C9.0°C9.0°C9415.013.013 h
October 9.1°C6.8°C6.8°C11718.210.010 h
November, selected 7.3°C4.8°C4.8°C11919.27.27 h
December 6.2°C3.5°C3.5°C12519.15.45 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 Tórshavn

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