Climate averages 1991–2020
Philadelphia weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Philadelphia: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Camden (5 km away). In November its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Philadelphia, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Philadelphia ranks joint 295th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 292nd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Philadelphia is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 100 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
Philadelphia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 82 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 76 | 9.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 104 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 92 | 10.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 90 | 11.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 97 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 98 | 10.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 95 | 10.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 104 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 91 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 74 | 7.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 100 | 9.3 | 9.49 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
- Camden in NovemberUnited States · 5 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Cherry Hill in NovemberUnited States · 11 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Wilmington (Delaware), United States in NovemberUnited States · 40 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Trenton in NovemberUnited States · 46 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in NovemberUnited States · 77 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Reading, United States in NovemberUnited States · 78 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Allentown in NovemberUnited States · 78 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Toms River in NovemberUnited States · 82 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 77 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 Philadelphia) is explained once on the Philadelphia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.