Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Groningen (50 km away). In November its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Leeuwarden, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks joint 38th of 44 for the warmest November highs and joint 27th of 44 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Leeuwarden is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 6.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 71 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November, selected | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 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
- Groningen in NovemberThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 4.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Zwolle in NovemberThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Lelystad in NovemberThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Alkmaar in NovemberThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Purmerend in NovemberThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Almere Stad in NovemberThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Zaanstad in NovemberThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Zaandam in NovemberThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.