Climate averages 1991–2020
Potchefstroom weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Potchefstroom: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stilfontein (36 km away). In November its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Potchefstroom, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Potchefstroom ranks joint 21st of 95 for the warmest November highs and 37th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Potchefstroom is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 112 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
Potchefstroom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 109 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 93 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 76 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 19 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 8.7 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 65 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November, selected | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 81 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 112 | 16.0 | 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
- Stilfontein in NovemberSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Parys in NovemberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in NovemberSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Carletonville in NovemberSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Orkney in NovemberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Westonaria in NovemberSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Sasolburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 72 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in NovemberSouth Africa · 73 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 104 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 Potchefstroom) is explained once on the Potchefstroom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.