Climate averages 1991–2020
Palmerston North weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Palmerston North: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (112 km away). In November its highs average 15.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Palmerston North, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Palmerston North ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest November highs and 8th of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 16.9°C; Palmerston North is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 98 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
Palmerston North climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 70 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| February | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.714 h |
| March | 19.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 62 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 82 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 79 | 11.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 90 | 13.2 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 89 | 13.2 | 9.610 h |
| August | 12.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 89 | 13.8 | 10.511 h |
| September | 13.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 94 | 14.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 15.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 109 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November, selected | 16.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 87 | 13.6 | 14.314 h |
| December | 19.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 98 | 13.5 | 15.015 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
- Lower Hutt in NovemberNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Wellington in NovemberNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- New Plymouth in NovemberNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Tauranga in NovemberNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Manukau City in NovemberNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Auckland in NovemberNew Zealand · 397 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 Palmerston North) is explained once on the Palmerston North year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.