Climate averages 1991–2020
Aberdeen weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Aberdeen: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 09 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (92 km away). In November its highs average 7.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Aberdeen, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Aberdeen ranks joint 127th of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 122nd of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 9.7°C; Aberdeen is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 74 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
Aberdeen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 14.1 | 7.47 h |
| February | 6.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.9 | 9.49 h |
| March | 7.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 55 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| May | 11.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 16.516 h |
| June | 13.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 60 | 11.2 | 17.818 h |
| July | 15.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| August | 15.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 14.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 98 | 15.7 | 10.410 h |
| November, selected | 8.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| December | 6.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 6.87 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Edinburgh in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Glasgow in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 194 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 105 mm rain
- East Kilbride in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 200 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Paisley in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 117 mm rain
- South Shields in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 243 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Sunderland in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 253 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 62 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 Aberdeen) is explained once on the Aberdeen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.