Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamilton, New Zealand weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Hamilton, New Zealand: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 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 14 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tauranga (78 km away). In November its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Hamilton, New Zealand, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand ranks joint 3rd of 11 for the warmest November highs and 9th of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 16.9°C; Hamilton, New Zealand is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 99 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
Hamilton, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| February | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 8.0 | 13.514 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 72 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 92 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 107 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 114 | 12.1 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 127 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 122 | 14.8 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| November, selected | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 14.715 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
- Tauranga in NovemberNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Manukau City in NovemberNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Auckland in NovemberNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 74 mm rain
- New Plymouth in NovemberNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Palmerston North in NovemberNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in NovemberNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Wellington in NovemberNew Zealand · 392 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 69 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 Hamilton) is explained once on the Hamilton, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.