Climate averages 1991–2020
Leicester weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Leicester: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nuneaton (26 km away). In November its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Leicester, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Leicester ranks joint 70th of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 9th of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 9.7°C; Leicester is level with that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 57 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
Leicester climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 50 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 41 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 44 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 11.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.817 h |
| July | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 61 | 10.7 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 61 | 10.8 | 10.711 h |
| November, selected | 9.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 58 | 11.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 57 | 11.2 | 7.78 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
- Nuneaton in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Rugby in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Nottingham in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 35 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Coventry in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Tamworth in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Burton upon Trent in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Derby in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Northampton in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.5°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 Leicester) is explained once on the Leicester year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.