Weather in Hoi An in November

Shoulder season. November sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 21 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

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

Rain on 21 of the month's 30 days, 11 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 87% nothing dries, including you.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 4.2 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 32.2 °C and the coldest night fell to 18 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 183 mm — roughly 44% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 179 mm in the driest year against 1044 mm in the wettest, around an average of 412 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity at 87% is the real story though — it is the number that decides how the day feels, not the 27.6 °C.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 1.6 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 2.3 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

Hoi An sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 11.4 hours in November, against a range of just 1.9 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 26.8 °C in November — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 29.9 °C in June and bottoms out at 24.1 °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

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 Hoi An versus nearby

If Hoi An is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Qui Nhon is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days. Ubon Ratchathani is a better bet in November — 2.7 °C warmer, 17 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. February is 28 points better and is what Hoi An 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 Hoi An

See all twelve months in Hoi An, or where else to go in November.