Weather in Palma in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 18.1 °C, lows 15.8 °C, and rain falls on 11 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 8 of 12 in Palma: past the worst of the year but short of June, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 11 days, 2 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; the day barely swings — 2.3 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 23 °C and the coldest night fell to 9.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 43 mm — roughly 54% 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 178 mm against 17 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 80 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind sits around 17.8 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 75%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 4.4 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 2.9 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Palma's year — 10 hours of daylight against 14.9 at midsummer, losing 1 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 18.7 °C in November — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 26.3 °C in August and bottoms out at 13.5 °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 Palma versus nearby

If Palma is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Barcelona is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 5 days less rain. Valencia is a better bet in November — within a degree on temperature, 5 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. June is 21 points better and is what Palma is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

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