Climate averages 1991–2020
Grahamstown weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Grahamstown: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (93 km away). In November its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Grahamstown, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Grahamstown ranks joint 78th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 15th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Grahamstown is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 62 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
Grahamstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 63 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 64 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 59 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 49 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 19.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 40 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 56 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| November, selected | 23.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 60 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 9.8 | 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 · 93 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Bhisho in NovemberSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Motherwell in NovemberSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Gqeberha in NovemberSouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Kariega in NovemberSouth Africa · 116 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Mdantsane in NovemberSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- East London in NovemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Queenstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 72 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 Grahamstown) is explained once on the Grahamstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.