Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Dijon: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 23 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In November its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 51st of 57 for the warmest November highs and 35th of 57 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 57 cities is 11.6°C; Dijon is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 84 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November, selected | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in NovemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Geneva in NovemberSwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Lausanne in NovemberSwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in NovemberFrance · 172 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Lyon in NovemberFrance · 174 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Nancy in NovemberFrance · 176 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Mulhouse in NovemberFrance · 180 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Bern in NovemberSwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 90 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.