Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimberley 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 Kimberley: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 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 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloemfontein (148 km away). In November its highs average 28.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kimberley, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kimberley ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest November highs and 11th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Kimberley is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 61 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
Kimberley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 21.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 30.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 32.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 9.5 | 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
- Bloemfontein in NovemberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in NovemberSouth Africa · 180 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Botshabelo in NovemberSouth Africa · 200 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in NovemberSouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Welkom in NovemberSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in NovemberSouth Africa · 212 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Virginia in NovemberSouth Africa · 217 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Kutloanong in NovemberSouth Africa · 219 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 Kimberley) is explained once on the Kimberley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.