Climate averages 1991–2020
Donostia / San Sebastián weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Donostia / San Sebastián: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pamplona (61 km away). In November its highs average 11.8°C, 2.4°C cooler than Donostia / San Sebastián, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Donostia / San Sebastián ranks 65th of 93 for the warmest November highs and 91st of 93 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 93 cities is 15.9°C; Donostia / San Sebastián is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 138 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
Donostia / San Sebastián climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 135 | 15.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 123 | 14.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 127 | 16.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 117 | 15.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 93 | 12.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 82 | 12.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 89 | 12.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 12.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 128 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November, selected | 14.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 170 | 15.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 138 | 15.1 | 9.09 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
- Pamplona in NovemberSpain · 61 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in NovemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Bilbao in NovemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 135 mm rain
- Barakaldo in NovemberSpain · 82 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Logroño in NovemberSpain · 102 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Pau in NovemberFrance · 131 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Santander in NovemberSpain · 149 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Burgos in NovemberSpain · 177 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.5°C · 63 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 Donostia / San Sebastián) is explained once on the Donostia / San Sebastián year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.