Weather in Palembang in November

A hard month. November is a hard month in Palembang, and worth planning around. You should expect rain on 24 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

November ranks 11 of 12 — near the bottom of Palembang's year. August is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 18 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 24 of the month's 30 days, 9 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 87% nothing dries, including you.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 16 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 35.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 20.9 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 128 mm — roughly 44% of the month's rain in one day.

November is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest November on record still delivered 544 mm against 125 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 291 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 2.6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity at 87% is the real story though — it is the number that decides how the day feels, not the 30.2 °C.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 30.7 °C in October, 30.2 here, 29.2 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 6 days more than October had.

Daylight in November

Palembang sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.2 hours in November, against a range of just 0.3 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 8.1 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

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 Palembang versus nearby

If Palembang is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bandar Lampung is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 4 days less rain. Jakarta is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain.

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

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