Climate averages 1991–2020
Charleston weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Charleston: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is North Charleston (10 km away). In November its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Charleston, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Charleston ranks 141st of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 249th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Charleston is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 86 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
Charleston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 81 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 84 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 | 7.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 68 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 130 | 16.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 138 | 17.7 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 160 | 18.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 128 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 101 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| November, selected | 19.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 6.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 86 | 7.6 | 10.010 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
- North Charleston in NovemberUnited States · 10 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Savannah in NovemberUnited States · 134 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 170 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 245 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Rock Hill in NovemberUnited States · 259 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Fayetteville in NovemberUnited States · 271 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Charlotte in NovemberUnited States · 285 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 299 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 85 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 Charleston) is explained once on the Charleston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
North Charleston lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.