Climate averages 1991–2020

Albuquerque weather
in November.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.9°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 2.2°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 15 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Albuquerque · average highYear overview

November is a cool month in Albuquerque: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Rancho (17 km away). In November its highs average 13.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Albuquerque, with 17 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Albuquerque ranks joint 275th of 498 for the warmest November highs and 14th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Albuquerque is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 18 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Albuquerque climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Albuquerque, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.2°C-2.7°C-2.7°C153.810.110 h
February 11.6°C-0.8°C-0.8°C133.610.911 h
March 16.7°C2.9°C2.9°C153.311.912 h
April 21.3°C6.7°C6.7°C122.413.013 h
May 26.6°C12.1°C12.1°C122.614.014 h
June 32.4°C17.6°C17.6°C7.91.814.514 h
July 32.7°C19.9°C19.9°C225.314.314 h
August 31.3°C18.9°C18.9°C184.413.513 h
September 27.8°C15.1°C15.1°C223.512.412 h
October 21.2°C8.8°C8.8°C223.511.311 h
November, selected 13.9°C2.2°C2.2°C153.110.410 h
December 8.0°C-2.5°C-2.5°C183.79.810 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

Distance from Albuquerque

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Albuquerque) is explained once on the Albuquerque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.