Where to go in November

In November the good weather is overwhelmingly north of the equator — 18 of the top 24 destinations below sit in the northern hemisphere. If you are travelling from the southern hemisphere, November is a long flight into someone else's summer. On the scoring used here, the strongest single destination in November is Hurghada — 26.8 °C, rain on 0 days, and 100 out of 100.

Against October, the map has moved: Al Ain City (+48), Sharm el-Sheikh (+41) and Kolkata (+40) improve most sharply on October, while Wuzhong (-41), Leh (-39) and Spokane (-35) fall away fastest. Those are the places where a fortnight's difference in your dates changes the trip.

Depending on what you are actually after in November: for heat with low odds of rain, Dodoma at 32.8 °C across 8 wet days, for the driest month outright, Hurghada with 0 rain days and for mild rather than hot, San Diego at 23.9 °C with 4 rain days.

If the weather matters less to you than the crowd does, Antofagasta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria score well in November while still sitting outside their own peak season — the combination that gets you the place closer to itself.

Ranked on a 0–100 score combining temperature, rain days, heavy-rain days and humidity, computed from NASA POWER daily data 2001–2020. Capped at three cities per country so the list stays useful rather than becoming one coastline.

Best November destinations

1. 1 Hurghada Egypt 26.8 °C, lows of 21.2 °C, rain on 0 days.
2. 2 Kathmandu Nepal Cooler than most of this list at 20.4 °C — the option if heat is the thing you are avoiding.
3. 3 Rishīkesh India 26.2 °C, lows of 14.7 °C, rain on 1 day.
4. 4 Cairo Egypt 26.5 °C, lows of 14 °C, rain on 1 day.
5. 5 Arequipa Peru 26.7 °C and notably dry air at 43% humidity.
6. 6 Ranchi India 24.4 °C, lows of 13.3 °C, rain on 1 day.
7. 7 Raipur India 26.8 °C, though at 75% humidity it feels heavier than the number suggests.
8. 8 Pokhara Nepal 24.2 °C, lows of 14 °C, rain on 1 day.
9. 9 Bharatpur Nepal 27.4 °C, lows of 16.7 °C, rain on 0 days.
10. 10 Phoenix United States 25.9 °C and notably dry air at 34% humidity.
11. 11 Zapopan Mexico 25.8 °C by day falling to 11.6 °C overnight — hot afternoons, cool sleeping.
12. 12 Mexicali Mexico 27 °C and notably dry air at 35% humidity.
13. 13 Chihuahua Mexico 23.1 °C by day falling to 7.4 °C overnight — hot afternoons, cool sleeping.
14. 14 Geraldton Australia 22.1 °C, though at 74% humidity it feels heavier than the number suggests.
15. 15 El Paso United States Cooler than most of this list at 19.9 °C — the option if heat is the thing you are avoiding.
16. 16 Alexandria Egypt 24.8 °C, lows of 16.4 °C, rain on 3 days.
17. 17 Las Vegas United States 21 °C and notably dry air at 35% humidity.
18. 18 Antofagasta Chile Cooler than most of this list at 18.4 °C — the option if heat is the thing you are avoiding.
19. 19 Lima Peru 28.8 °C, lows of 21.3 °C, rain on 0 days.
20. 20 Perth Australia 22.4 °C with 13.7 hours of daylight — long evenings are the draw as much as the weather.
21. 21 Adelaide Australia 25.8 °C with 13.9 hours of daylight — long evenings are the draw as much as the weather.
22. 22 Shenzhen China 25.6 °C, though at 75% humidity it feels heavier than the number suggests.
23. 23 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 21.9 °C, but wetter than most here at 6 rain days — it earns its place on temperature.
24. 24 Guangzhou China 26.3 °C, but wetter than most here at 6 rain days — it earns its place on temperature.

Where to avoid in November

• Akureyri Iceland Highs of -2.9 °C, and 29 nights below freezing.
• Tromsø Norway Highs of -1.4 °C, and 26 nights below freezing.
• Banff Canada Highs of -1 °C, and 29 nights below freezing.
• Whistler Canada Highs of 3.5 °C, and 17 nights below freezing.
• Prince George Canada Highs of 0.6 °C, and 25 nights below freezing.
• Reykjavík Iceland Highs of 3.7 °C, and 12 nights below freezing.
• Rovaniemi Finland Highs of -3 °C, and 27 nights below freezing.
• Trondheim Norway Highs of 3.1 °C, and 14 nights below freezing.

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