Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethlehem, South Africa weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Bethlehem, South Africa: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Phuthaditjhaba (60 km away). In November its highs average 23.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Bethlehem, South Africa, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bethlehem, South Africa ranks joint 68th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 81st of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Bethlehem, South Africa is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 147 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
Bethlehem, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 143 | 16.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 97 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| March | 23.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 89 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 53 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 13 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 7.6 | 1.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 18.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 21 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November, selected | 24.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 111 | 12.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 147 | 16.7 | 13.914 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
- Phuthaditjhaba in NovemberSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Kroonstad in NovemberSouth Africa · 124 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Virginia in NovemberSouth Africa · 142 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Maseru in NovemberLesotho · 145 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Ladysmith in NovemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Welkom in NovemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Kutloanong in NovemberSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in NovemberSouth Africa · 164 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°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 Bethlehem) is explained once on the Bethlehem, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.