Climate averages 1991–2020
Alkmaar weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Alkmaar: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Purmerend (20 km away). In November its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Alkmaar, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Alkmaar ranks joint 2nd of 44 for the warmest November highs and 43rd of 44 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Alkmaar is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 79 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
Alkmaar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 68 | 13.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 6.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 49 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 9.6 | 15.716 h |
| June | 17.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 55 | 10.3 | 16.817 h |
| July | 19.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 67 | 11.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 19.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 84 | 12.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 82 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 91 | 14.4 | 10.711 h |
| November, selected | 9.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 79 | 15.5 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 79 | 14.5 | 7.78 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
- Purmerend in NovemberThe Netherlands · 20 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Zaanstad in NovemberThe Netherlands · 20 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Zaandam in NovemberThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Haarlem in NovemberThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Amsterdam in NovemberThe Netherlands · 30 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in NovemberThe Netherlands · 37 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Amstelveen in NovemberThe Netherlands · 38 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Almere Stad in NovemberThe Netherlands · 43 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 61 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 Alkmaar) is explained once on the Alkmaar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.