Climate averages 1991–2020
Wellington weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Wellington: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lower Hutt (14 km away). In November its highs average 15.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Wellington, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Wellington ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest November highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 16.9°C; Wellington is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 65 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
Wellington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 55 | 7.6 | 14.815 h |
| February | 18.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 56 | 6.1 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 59 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 15.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 73 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| May | 13.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 95 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 87 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 82 | 12.7 | 10.510 h |
| September | 12.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 74 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 13.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 83 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| November, selected | 14.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 9.1 | 14.414 h |
| December | 16.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 65 | 9.7 | 15.115 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 · 14 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Palmerston North in NovemberNew Zealand · 125 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- New Plymouth in NovemberNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Christchurch in NovemberNew Zealand · 305 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in NovemberNew Zealand · 392 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Tauranga in NovemberNew Zealand · 418 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Manukau City in NovemberNew Zealand · 478 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 71 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 Wellington) is explained once on the Wellington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.