Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in La Rochelle: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 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 30 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In November its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as La Rochelle, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks 15th of 57 for the warmest November highs and joint 36th of 57 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 57 cities is 11.6°C; La Rochelle is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 87 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November, selected | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 8.79 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
- Nantes in NovemberFrance · 121 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Poitiers in NovemberFrance · 124 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Angers in NovemberFrance · 152 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Bordeaux in NovemberFrance · 154 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Limoges in NovemberFrance · 189 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Tours in NovemberFrance · 197 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Rennes in NovemberFrance · 220 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Le Mans in NovemberFrance · 229 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 64 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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.