Climate averages 1991–2020

Stellenbosch weather
in November.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.1°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 13.3°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 41 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Stellenbosch · average highYear overview

November is a warm month in Stellenbosch: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Somerset West (17 km away). In November its highs average 23.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Stellenbosch, with 41 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Stellenbosch ranks joint 73rd of 95 for the warmest November highs and joint 5th of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Stellenbosch is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Stellenbosch climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Stellenbosch, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.7°C17.0°C17.0°C213.414.114 h
February 29.2°C17.4°C17.4°C183.213.313 h
March 27.6°C16.4°C16.4°C213.512.312 h
April 24.2°C13.8°C13.8°C565.711.311 h
May 20.6°C11.4°C11.4°C909.010.410 h
June 17.3°C8.6°C8.6°C13811.09.910 h
July 17.0°C7.7°C7.7°C12210.310.110 h
August 17.2°C8.0°C8.0°C10510.910.911 h
September 19.0°C9.4°C9.4°C688.811.912 h
October 22.0°C11.7°C11.7°C456.612.913 h
November, selected 24.1°C13.3°C13.3°C415.813.914 h
December 26.9°C15.7°C15.7°C244.214.414 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

Distance from Stellenbosch

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Stellenbosch) is explained once on the Stellenbosch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Somerset West lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.