Climate averages 1991–2020
Zürich weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Zürich: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 23 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Winterthur (20 km away). In November its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Zürich, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Zürich ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 8.8°C; Zürich is level with that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 106 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
Zürich climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 92 | 12.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 6.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 85 | 11.9 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.3°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 98 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 106 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 144 | 16.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 143 | 15.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 23.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 146 | 15.4 | 15.516 h |
| August | 23.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 147 | 14.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 123 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 103 | 12.7 | 10.911 h |
| November, selected | 8.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 106 | 13.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 106 | 14.0 | 8.59 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
- Winterthur in NovemberSwitzerland · 20 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Luzern in NovemberSwitzerland · 40 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Konstanz in NovemberGermany · 57 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in NovemberSwitzerland · 62 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Basel in NovemberSwitzerland · 76 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Villingen-Schwenningen in NovemberGermany · 77 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Vaduz in NovemberLiechtenstein · 77 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Freiburg in NovemberGermany · 87 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 89 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 Zürich) is explained once on the Zürich year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.