Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Upington: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In November its highs average 30.3°C, 2.2°C cooler than Upington, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Upington is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 27 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November, selected | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 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
- Kimberley in NovemberSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in NovemberSouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in NovemberSouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Mafikeng in NovemberSouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in NovemberSouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Welkom in NovemberSouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Bothaville in NovemberSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Botshabelo in NovemberSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 77 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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.