Climate averages 1991–2020
Groningen weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Groningen: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 43 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeuwarden (50 km away). In November its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Groningen, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Groningen ranks 44th of 44 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 44 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Groningen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 63 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
Groningen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 12.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 49 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 49 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 74 | 12.2 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 87 | 14.3 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 83 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 68 | 12.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 63 | 12.5 | 10.611 h |
| November, selected | 8.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 12.4 | 7.68 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
- Leeuwarden in NovemberThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Zwolle in NovemberThe Netherlands · 85 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Almelo in NovemberThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Hengelo in NovemberThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Lelystad in NovemberThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Wilhelmshaven in NovemberGermany · 108 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Oldenburg in NovemberGermany · 110 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Deventer in NovemberThe Netherlands · 111 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 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 Groningen) is explained once on the Groningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.