Climate averages 1991–2020
Lausanne weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Lausanne: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geneva (51 km away). In November its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Lausanne, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Lausanne ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 8.8°C; Lausanne is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 125 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
Lausanne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 108 | 12.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 97 | 11.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 94 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.514 h |
| May | 16.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 120 | 13.9 | 15.015 h |
| June | 20.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 106 | 12.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 22.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 117 | 12.2 | 15.415 h |
| August | 22.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 116 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 108 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 101 | 12.4 | 10.911 h |
| November, selected | 9.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 116 | 13.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 125 | 13.5 | 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
- Geneva in NovemberSwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Bern in NovemberSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Besançon in NovemberFrance · 94 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Basel in NovemberSwitzerland · 136 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Luzern in NovemberSwitzerland · 141 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Mulhouse in NovemberFrance · 147 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Dijon in NovemberFrance · 152 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in NovemberFrance · 159 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 106 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 Lausanne) is explained once on the Lausanne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.