Climate averages 1991–2020
Dresden weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Dresden: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ústí nad Labem (48 km away). In November its highs average 7.6°C, about as warm as Dresden, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Dresden ranks joint 86th of 120 for the warmest November highs and 43rd of 120 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 120 cities is 8.4°C; Dresden is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 62 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
Dresden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 62 | 13.7 | 8.58 h |
| February | 4.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 50 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 86 | 13.1 | 16.516 h |
| July | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 95 | 13.1 | 16.116 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 90 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 58 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November, selected | 7.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| December | 4.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 62 | 12.8 | 8.08 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
- Ústí nad Labem in NovemberCzechia · 48 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Chemnitz in NovemberGermany · 62 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Cottbus in NovemberGermany · 89 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Zwickau in NovemberGermany · 95 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Liberec in NovemberCzechia · 98 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Leipzig in NovemberGermany · 101 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Prague in NovemberCzechia · 117 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Gera in NovemberGermany · 118 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 55 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 Dresden) is explained once on the Dresden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.