Weather in New Orleans in November

Prime time. November is about as good as New Orleans gets. Highs average 20.6 °C, lows 13.6 °C, and rain falls on 8 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is March, and the month at the other end of the year is August.

Rain on 8 days, 3 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 27.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 0.7 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 58 mm — roughly 76% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 20 mm in the driest year against 159 mm in the wettest, around an average of 76 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 12.3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 79%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 4.9 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 3.7 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of New Orleans's year — 10.7 hours of daylight against 14.1 at midsummer, losing 0.7 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 22.3 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, February is the trade worth considering — 13 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

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

November in New Orleans versus nearby

If New Orleans is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Baton Rouge is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Mobile is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: November is the answer for New Orleans. If it is booked out or priced out, March is the next best thing at 2 points behind, and August is the month to keep off the shortlist.

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