Climate averages 1991–2020
Pietermaritzburg weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Pietermaritzburg: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 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 35 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpumalanga (32 km away). In November its highs average 23.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Pietermaritzburg, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Pietermaritzburg ranks joint 63rd of 95 for the warmest November highs and 85th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Pietermaritzburg is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 129 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
Pietermaritzburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 134 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| February | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 113 | 15.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 58 | 9.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 10.310 h |
| July | 20.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| August | 22.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 32 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 116 | 17.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 129 | 19.2 | 14.014 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
- Mpumalanga in NovemberSouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Pinetown in NovemberSouth Africa · 53 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in NovemberSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Durban in NovemberSouth Africa · 67 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 96 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in NovemberSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Ladysmith in NovemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Richards Bay in NovemberSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 93 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 Pietermaritzburg) is explained once on the Pietermaritzburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.