Weather in Lisbon in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 17.1 °C, lows 13.5 °C, and rain falls on 13 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 9 of 12 in Lisbon: past the worst of the year but short of July, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 13 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.1 °C days and 13.5 °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 — 3.7 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 21.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 7 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 36 mm — roughly 39% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 12 mm in the driest year against 173 mm in the wettest, around an average of 92 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 17.3 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 80%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 3.3 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 2 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Lisbon's year — 10.1 hours of daylight against 14.9 at midsummer, losing 0.9 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 18.5 °C in November — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 20.7 °C in September and bottoms out at 15.3 °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

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

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

November in Lisbon versus nearby

If Lisbon is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Évora is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain. Leiria is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: November is a compromise. July is 32 points better and is what Lisbon is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

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