Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhisho weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Bhisho: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (6 km away). In November its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Bhisho, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bhisho ranks joint 81st of 95 for the warmest November highs and joint 58th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Bhisho is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 114 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
Bhisho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 117 | 14.2 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 111 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 84 | 9.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| June | 19.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 27 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 41 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.913 h |
| November, selected | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 99 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 114 | 13.8 | 14.314 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
- Qonce in NovemberSouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Mdantsane in NovemberSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- East London in NovemberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Grahamstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Queenstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Mthatha in NovemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Motherwell in NovemberSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Gqeberha in NovemberSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 53 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 Bhisho) is explained once on the Bhisho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.