Climate averages 1991–2020
Queenstown weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Queenstown: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (118 km away). In November its highs average 23.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Queenstown, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Queenstown ranks joint 38th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 26th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Queenstown is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 91 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
Queenstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 78 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.110 h |
| July | 17.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| September | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| December | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 13.7 | 14.214 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
- Bhisho in NovemberSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Qonce in NovemberSouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Mdantsane in NovemberSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- East London in NovemberSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Grahamstown in NovemberSouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Mthatha in NovemberSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Motherwell in NovemberSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Kariega in NovemberSouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 57 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 Queenstown) is explained once on the Queenstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.