Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in East London: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In November its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as East London, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks joint 86th of 95 for the warmest November highs and joint 39th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; East London is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 83 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
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November, selected | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 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
- Mdantsane in NovemberSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Bhisho in NovemberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Qonce in NovemberSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Grahamstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Queenstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Mthatha in NovemberSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Motherwell in NovemberSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Gqeberha in NovemberSouth Africa · 238 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 East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.