Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuthaditjhaba weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Phuthaditjhaba: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bethlehem, South Africa (60 km away). In November its highs average 24.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Phuthaditjhaba, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phuthaditjhaba ranks joint 84th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 93rd of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Phuthaditjhaba is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 168 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
Phuthaditjhaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 177 | 19.0 | 13.714 h |
| February | 23.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 135 | 15.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 22.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 100 | 13.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 53 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.1°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 13 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 17.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 135 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 168 | 18.9 | 13.914 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
- Bethlehem, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Ladysmith in NovemberSouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Maseru in NovemberLesotho · 157 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Standerton in NovemberSouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Kroonstad in NovemberSouth Africa · 183 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 116 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 Phuthaditjhaba) is explained once on the Phuthaditjhaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.