Climate averages 1991–2020
Polokwane 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 Polokwane: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th 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 Mokopane (57 km away). In November its highs average 28.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Polokwane, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Polokwane ranks joint 33rd of 95 for the warmest November highs and 57th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Polokwane is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 131 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
Polokwane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| February | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 88 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 74 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 39 | 5.4 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 19.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| July | 19.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| August | 22.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 46 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| November, selected | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 98 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 15.9 | 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
- Mokopane in NovemberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in NovemberSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in NovemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Bela Bela in NovemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in NovemberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Somaroboro in NovemberSouth Africa · 173 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in NovemberSouth Africa · 206 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Middelburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 208 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 102 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 Polokwane) is explained once on the Polokwane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.