Weather in Hervey Bay in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 30.5 °C, lows 19.2 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 8 of 12 in Hervey Bay: past the worst of the year but short of August, 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 30.5 °C days and 19.2 °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: 17 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 39.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 10.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 56 mm — roughly 81% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 5 mm in the driest year against 166 mm in the wettest, around an average of 69 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 66%.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 29 °C in October, 30.5 here, 31.5 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: December brings 5 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Hervey Bay's year: 13.3 hours of daylight, gaining 0.5 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 20.4 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

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

November in Hervey Bay versus nearby

If Hervey Bay is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bundaberg is a better bet in November — 2.7 °C cooler, 1 day more rain. Brisbane is a better bet in November — 3 °C cooler, 2 days more rain.

So: November is a compromise. August is 24 points better and is what Hervey Bay 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 Hervey Bay

See all twelve months in Hervey Bay, or where else to go in November.