Weather in New Plymouth in November

A good month. November is a solid month to be in New Plymouth. Highs average 17.3 °C, lows 11.2 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

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

Rain on 12 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.3 °C days and 11.2 °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 23.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 4.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 63 mm — roughly 74% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 25 mm in the driest year against 232 mm in the wettest, around an average of 85 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 15.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 83%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 1.7 °C warmer than October, and December adds another 2.1 °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

14.2 hours of daylight, gaining 1 hours across the month. That is between New Plymouth's extremes of 14.9 and 9.4 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 15.9 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 20.2 °C in February and bottoms out at 14.2 °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

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself. November is the value pick for New Plymouth: it scores within 12 points of January without carrying January's prices.

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

November in New Plymouth versus nearby

If New Plymouth is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Taupo is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Palmerston North is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: November works, with January the better month by 12 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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