Climate averages 1991–2020

Santiago de Compostela weather
in November.

A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 13.4°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 7.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 151 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santiago de Compostela · average highYear overview

November is a cool month in Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (51 km away). In November its highs average 15.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 204 mm of rain.

Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks 77th of 93 for the warmest November highs and joint 88th of 93 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 93 cities is 15.9°C; Santiago de Compostela is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 142 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. 051015202530 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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Santiago de Compostela climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santiago de Compostela, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.8°C4.0°C4.0°C14113.99.49 h
February 11.7°C3.8°C3.8°C10111.710.511 h
March 14.0°C5.3°C5.3°C10612.111.912 h
April 15.3°C6.6°C6.6°C11514.413.413 h
May 17.8°C9.1°C9.1°C9213.014.615 h
June 20.8°C11.7°C11.7°C548.715.315 h
July 23.1°C13.7°C13.7°C305.915.015 h
August 23.6°C14.2°C14.2°C447.213.914 h
September 21.7°C12.6°C12.6°C699.112.513 h
October 17.8°C10.2°C10.2°C14013.511.111 h
November, selected 13.4°C7.0°C7.0°C15115.39.810 h
December 11.5°C4.9°C4.9°C14213.89.19 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 Santiago de Compostela

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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.