Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossel Bay weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Mossel Bay: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (38 km away). In November its highs average 20.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mossel Bay, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mossel Bay ranks 93rd of 95 for the warmest November highs and 9th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Mossel Bay is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 35 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
Mossel Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.4 | 12.913 h |
| November, selected | 21.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 52 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 14.414 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
- George in NovemberSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in NovemberSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Paarl in NovemberSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in NovemberSouth Africa · 303 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Kariega in NovemberSouth Africa · 304 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Somerset West in NovemberSouth Africa · 306 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Motherwell in NovemberSouth Africa · 320 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 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 Mossel Bay) is explained once on the Mossel Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.