Weather in Devonport in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16 °C, lows 11.7 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

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

Rain on 9 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16 °C days and 11.7 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 4.4 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 22.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 6.8 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 58 mm — roughly 82% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 8 mm in the driest year against 154 mm in the wettest, around an average of 71 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 12.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 79%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 14.2 °C in October, 16 here, 17.5 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

14.4 hours of daylight, gaining 1 hours across the month. That is between Devonport's extremes of 15.1 and 9.2 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 14.4 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 18.3 °C in February and bottoms out at 12.5 °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 Devonport versus nearby

If Devonport is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Burnie is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain. Launceston is a better bet in November — 4.2 °C warmer, 2 days more rain.

So: November is a compromise. February is 19 points better and is what Devonport is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Devonport

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