Climate averages 1991–2020
Geneva weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Geneva: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lausanne (51 km away). In November its highs average 9.3°C, about as warm as Geneva, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Geneva ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 8.8°C; Geneva is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 131 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
Geneva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 115 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 100 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 109 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 109 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 144 | 15.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 117 | 12.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 112 | 12.4 | 11.011 h |
| November, selected | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 125 | 13.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 13.4 | 8.79 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
- Lausanne in NovemberSwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in NovemberFrance · 109 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Lyon in NovemberFrance · 112 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Besançon in NovemberFrance · 117 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Grenoble in NovemberFrance · 119 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Bern in NovemberSwitzerland · 130 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Dijon in NovemberFrance · 151 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in NovemberFrance · 161 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 94 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 Geneva) is explained once on the Geneva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.