Weather in Salta in November

Shoulder season. November sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. Highs average 31.9 °C, lows 17.6 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 9 of 12 in Salta: past the worst of the year but short of June, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 31.9 °C days and 17.6 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 7 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 42.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 8.9 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 84 mm — roughly 129% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 17 mm in the driest year against 201 mm in the wettest, around an average of 65 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 11 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 59%.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 31.5 °C in October, 31.9 here, 31.6 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: December brings 6 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Salta's year: 13.3 hours of daylight, gaining 0.5 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 21.9 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights. At 1054 m the air is thin enough to matter — sun that burns faster than the temperature suggests, and nights that cool off quickly. Within November itself the daily swing is 14.3 °C, so mornings and afternoons need different clothes.

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 Salta versus nearby

If Salta is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. San Miguel de Tucumán is the weaker option in November — 2.1 °C warmer, 1 day more rain. Antofagasta is a better bet in November — 13.5 °C cooler, 9 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. June is 37 points better and is what Salta is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Salta

See all twelve months in Salta, or where else to go in November.