Climate averages 1991–2020
Cork weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Cork: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limerick (86 km away). In November its highs average 10.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cork, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Cork ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 10.2°C; Cork is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 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
Cork climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 79 | 13.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 8.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 65 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 62 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 67 | 13.0 | 15.616 h |
| June | 17.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 18.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 67 | 11.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 18.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 69 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 85 | 12.4 | 10.711 h |
| November, selected | 10.8°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 80 | 12.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 9.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 84 | 12.7 | 7.98 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
- Limerick in NovemberIreland · 86 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Galway in NovemberIreland · 158 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Tallaght in NovemberIreland · 209 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Dublin in NovemberIreland · 219 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Swansea in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 313 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Lisburn in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 334 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Belfast in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 345 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Plymouth in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 346 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 112 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 Cork) is explained once on the Cork year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.