Climate averages 1991–2020
Potsdam weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Potsdam: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berlin (27 km away). In November its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Potsdam, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Potsdam ranks joint 92nd of 120 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 120 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 120 cities is 8.4°C; Potsdam is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 46 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
Potsdam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 49 | 11.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 4.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 36 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 46 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 35 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 56 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 57 | 10.5 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 77 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 10.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 46 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November, selected | 7.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 7.88 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
- Berlin in NovemberGermany · 27 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Magdeburg in NovemberGermany · 102 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Cottbus in NovemberGermany · 112 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in NovemberGermany · 126 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Leipzig in NovemberGermany · 127 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in NovemberPoland · 151 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Szczecin in NovemberPoland · 152 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in NovemberGermany · 155 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 50 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 Potsdam) is explained once on the Potsdam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.