Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in November.
A warm, 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 Mbombela: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In November its highs average 23.7°C, 3.2°C cooler than Mbombela, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks 30th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 88th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Mbombela is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 151 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November, selected | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 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
- Mbabane in NovemberEswatini · 95 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in NovemberMozambique · 103 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Manzini in NovemberEswatini · 121 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Ermelo in NovemberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Middelburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Matola in NovemberMozambique · 159 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Maputo in NovemberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Piet Retief in NovemberSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 131 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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.