Climate averages 1991–2020
New Plymouth weather
in November.
A mild, 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 New Plymouth: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamilton, New Zealand (177 km away). In November its highs average 18.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than New Plymouth, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, New Plymouth ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest November highs and 11th of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 16.9°C; New Plymouth is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 160 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
New Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 106 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 109 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 154 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| May | 14.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 183 | 14.1 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 185 | 14.7 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 189 | 16.2 | 9.710 h |
| August | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 16.0 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 173 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November, selected | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 160 | 13.4 | 14.815 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Palmerston North in NovemberNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Tauranga in NovemberNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Manukau City in NovemberNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in NovemberNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Auckland in NovemberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Wellington in NovemberNew Zealand · 254 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 New Plymouth) is explained once on the New Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.