Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha 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 Mthatha: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 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 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (177 km away). In November its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Mthatha, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks joint 90th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 91st of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Mthatha is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 140 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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
- Mdantsane in NovemberSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- East London in NovemberSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Queenstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Bhisho in NovemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Qonce in NovemberSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in NovemberSouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Pinetown in NovemberSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.