Climate averages 1991–2020
Galway weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Galway: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 43 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limerick (73 km away). In November its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Galway, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Galway ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 10.2°C; Galway is level with that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 104 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
Galway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 99 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 8.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 85 | 13.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 13.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 76 | 13.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 79 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 79 | 12.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 83 | 14.5 | 16.416 h |
| August | 17.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 91 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 75 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 95 | 14.0 | 10.611 h |
| November, selected | 10.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 101 | 14.3 | 8.79 h |
| December | 8.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 104 | 15.2 | 7.68 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 · 73 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Cork in NovemberIreland · 158 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Tallaght in NovemberIreland · 178 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Dublin in NovemberIreland · 186 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Derry in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 223 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Lisburn in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Belfast in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 252 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Douglas in NovemberIsle of Man · 316 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 125 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 Galway) is explained once on the Galway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.