Climate averages 1991–2020
Orkney weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Orkney: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Klerksdorp (14 km away). In November its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Orkney, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Orkney ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest November highs and joint 27th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Orkney is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 98 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
Orkney climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 14.4 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 77 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 68 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 9.9 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 60 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| November, selected | 28.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 73 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 98 | 14.8 | 13.814 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
- Klerksdorp in NovemberSouth Africa · 14 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Stilfontein in NovemberSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Bothaville in NovemberSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in NovemberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Parys in NovemberSouth Africa · 78 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Kroonstad in NovemberSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Kutloanong in NovemberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in NovemberSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 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 Orkney) is explained once on the Orkney year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.