Climate averages 1991–2020
Plymouth weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Plymouth: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Exeter (59 km away). In November its highs average 10.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Plymouth, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Plymouth ranks 1st of 143 for the warmest November highs and 132nd of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 9.7°C; Plymouth is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 109 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
Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 102 | 15.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 8.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 77 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 63 | 11.5 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 61 | 10.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 17.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 10.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 19.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 61 | 10.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 17.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 61 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 104 | 14.5 | 10.811 h |
| November, selected | 11.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 112 | 15.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | 9.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 109 | 15.1 | 8.18 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
- Exeter in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Weston-super-Mare in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 136 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Swansea in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 140 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Cardiff in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 141 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Newport in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 157 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Poole in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 157 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Bristol in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 162 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Bournemouth in NovemberUnited Kingdom · 165 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 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 Plymouth) is explained once on the Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.