Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunedin weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Dunedin: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Christchurch (310 km away). In November its highs average 17.3°C, 3.0°C warmer than Dunedin, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Dunedin ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 16.9°C; Dunedin is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 96 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
Dunedin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 89 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| February | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| March | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 59 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 13.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| May | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| June | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 8.79 h |
| July | 8.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| August | 9.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 41 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| September | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 50 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| November, selected | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 77 | 13.6 | 14.815 h |
| December | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 96 | 14.4 | 15.616 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
- Christchurch in NovemberNew Zealand · 310 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Wellington in NovemberNew Zealand · 615 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in NovemberNew Zealand · 628 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Palmerston North in NovemberNew Zealand · 740 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 982 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Tauranga in NovemberNew Zealand · 1024 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Manukau City in NovemberNew Zealand · 1052 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Auckland in NovemberNew Zealand · 1064 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 74 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 Dunedin) is explained once on the Dunedin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.