Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In November its highs average 27.7°C, 2.4°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 3rd of 95 for the warmest November highs and 16th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Phalaborwa is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 93 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November, selected | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in NovemberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in NovemberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Polokwane in NovemberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Mbombela in NovemberSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in NovemberMozambique · 188 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Mokopane in NovemberSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Chibuto in NovemberMozambique · 256 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Matola in NovemberMozambique · 261 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 91 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.