Climate averages 1991–2020
Derry weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Derry: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 28 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisburn (97 km away). In November its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Derry, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Derry ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest November highs and 119th of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 9.7°C; Derry is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 90 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
Derry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 87 | 16.4 | 7.88 h |
| February | 7.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 76 | 15.1 | 9.610 h |
| March | 9.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 75 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 74 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 13.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 78 | 15.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 15.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 15.5 | 17.317 h |
| July | 17.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 93 | 16.8 | 16.817 h |
| August | 17.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 94 | 16.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 75 | 14.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 15.5 | 10.511 h |
| November, selected | 9.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 90 | 16.6 | 8.58 h |
| December | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 90 | 15.8 | 7.37 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
- Lisburn in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 97 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Belfast in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 99 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Dublin in NovemberIreland · 198 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Tallaght in NovemberIreland · 200 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Paisley in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Douglas in NovemberIsle of Man · 205 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Glasgow in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 215 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 105 mm rain
- East Kilbride in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 215 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 105 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 Derry) is explained once on the Derry year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.