Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Mafikeng: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In November its highs average 31.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 5th of 95 for the warmest November highs and joint 21st of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Mafikeng is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 87 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November, selected | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 13.714 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
- Gaborone in NovemberBotswana · 137 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in NovemberBotswana · 139 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in NovemberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in NovemberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Stilfontein in NovemberSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Orkney in NovemberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Rustenburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Molepolole in NovemberBotswana · 163 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 60 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.