Climate averages 1991–2020
Ladysmith weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Ladysmith: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (62 km away). In November its highs average 25.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ladysmith, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ladysmith ranks joint 28th of 95 for the warmest November highs and joint 94th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Ladysmith is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 179 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
Ladysmith climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 172 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 143 | 14.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 117 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 100 | 13.7 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 137 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 179 | 19.5 | 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
- Dundee, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in NovemberSouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Vryheid in NovemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in NovemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 101 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in NovemberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 99 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 Ladysmith) is explained once on the Ladysmith year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.