Climate averages 1991–2020
Van weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Van: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erciş (59 km away). In November its highs average 7.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Van, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Van ranks joint 129th of 138 for the warmest November highs and joint 5th of 138 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 138 cities is 14.6°C; Van is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Van climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 33 | 7.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 56 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 61 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 58 | 14.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 27 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 12 | 3.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 32 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 8.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 33 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.0°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 9.510 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Erciş in NovemberTurkey · 59 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Patnos in NovemberTurkey · 93 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Tatvan in NovemberTurkey · 96 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Hakkâri in NovemberTurkey · 107 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Salmās in NovemberIran · 125 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Yüksekova in NovemberTurkey · 129 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in NovemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Khūy in NovemberIran · 137 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 35 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 Van) is explained once on the Van year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.