Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Richards Bay: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In November its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks 37th of 95 for the warmest November highs and 51st of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Richards Bay is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 86 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- KwaDukuza in NovemberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in NovemberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Durban in NovemberSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Pinetown in NovemberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Vryheid in NovemberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in NovemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in NovemberSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 125 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.