Weather in Byron Bay in November

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, November is the one. Highs average 24.1 °C, lows 21.5 °C, and rain falls on 11 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 6 of 12 in Byron Bay: past the worst of the year but short of August, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 11 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average November reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 2.6 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 29.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 16 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 75 mm — roughly 80% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 7 mm in the driest year against 230 mm in the wettest, around an average of 94 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 20.5 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 75%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 22.7 °C in October, 24.1 here, 25.5 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Byron Bay's year: 13.5 hours of daylight, gaining 0.6 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 24 °C in November — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 26.5 °C in February and bottoms out at 21.5 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Byron Bay versus nearby

If Byron Bay is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Brisbane is close enough to be a coin toss — 3.4 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Coffs Harbour is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain.

So: November works, with August the better month by 10 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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