Weather in Launceston in November

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, November is the one. Highs average 20.2 °C, lows 8.8 °C, and rain falls on 11 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 5 of 12 in Launceston: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 11 days, 2 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. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 30.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 1.4 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 37 mm — roughly 57% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 12 mm in the driest year against 119 mm in the wettest, around an average of 65 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9.1 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 76%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 3 °C warmer than October, and December adds another 2.4 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in November

14.4 hours of daylight, gaining 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Launceston'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

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

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

November in Launceston versus nearby

If Launceston is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Devonport is the weaker option in November — 4.2 °C cooler, 2 days less rain. Burnie is the weaker option in November — 3.6 °C cooler, 1 day more rain.

So: November works, with January the better month by 8 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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