Weather in Marseille in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16.5 °C, lows 8 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 7 of 12 in Marseille: past the worst of the year but short of May, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.5 °C days and 8 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 24.4 °C and the coldest night fell to -1.8 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 98 mm — roughly 104% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 28 mm in the driest year against 249 mm in the wettest, around an average of 94 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 10.9 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 6.1 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 3.9 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

9.7 hours of daylight, losing 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Marseille's extremes of 15.4 and 9 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 16.8 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 22.3 °C in August and bottoms out at 12.6 °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 Marseille versus nearby

If Marseille is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Montpellier is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Nice is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain.

So: November works, with May the better month by 17 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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