Weather in Palmerston North in November

A good month. November is a solid month to be in Palmerston North. Highs average 18.1 °C, lows 9.9 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 6 of 12 in Palmerston North: 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. 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 27.1 °C and the coldest night fell to 2.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 36 mm — roughly 51% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 22 mm in the driest year against 152 mm in the wettest, around an average of 70 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 15.4 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 2.2 °C warmer than October, and December adds another 2.8 °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

14.3 hours of daylight, gaining 1 hours across the month. That is between Palmerston North's extremes of 15 and 9.3 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 17.7 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

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

November in Palmerston North versus nearby

If Palmerston North is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Wellington is close enough to be a coin toss — 2.6 °C cooler, 2 days less rain. Taupo is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain.

So: November works, with January the better month by 11 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Palmerston North

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