Climate averages 1991–2020
Piet Retief weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Piet Retief: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th 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 Manzini (80 km away). In November its highs average 26.0°C, 2.0°C warmer than Piet Retief, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Piet Retief ranks 76th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 92nd of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Piet Retief is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 155 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
Piet Retief climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 144 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 117 | 14.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 103 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 48 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 96 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November, selected | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 131 | 16.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 155 | 19.4 | 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
- Manzini in NovemberEswatini · 80 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Mbabane in NovemberEswatini · 83 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Vryheid in NovemberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Ermelo in NovemberSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Bethal in NovemberSouth Africa · 147 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Standerton in NovemberSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 114 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 Piet Retief) is explained once on the Piet Retief year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.