Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloemfontein weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Bloemfontein: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (52 km away). In November its highs average 27.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bloemfontein, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bloemfontein ranks 20th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 17th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Bloemfontein is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 76 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
Bloemfontein climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 82 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 29.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 73 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 47 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 16.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 66 | 8.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.3 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in NovemberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in NovemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Maseru in NovemberLesotho · 125 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Virginia in NovemberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Welkom in NovemberSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in NovemberSouth Africa · 146 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Kimberley in NovemberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Kutloanong in NovemberSouth Africa · 152 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.4°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 Bloemfontein) is explained once on the Bloemfontein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.