Weather in Salvador in November

Shoulder season. November is shoulder season in Salvador — cheaper, quieter, and a genuine gamble. Highs average 30.5 °C, lows 23.7 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 7 of 12 in Salvador: past the worst of the year but short of September, 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. Pack for 30.5 °C days and 23.7 °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: 19 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 21.8 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 47 mm — roughly 65% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 11 mm in the driest year against 161 mm in the wettest, around an average of 72 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 74%.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 29.5 °C in October, 30.5 here, 31.1 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

Salvador sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.7 hours in November, against a range of just 1.5 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 26.7 °C in November — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 28.7 °C in March and bottoms out at 25.7 °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

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

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

November in Salvador versus nearby

If Salvador is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Maceió is a better bet in November — within a degree on temperature, 6 days less rain. Recife is a better bet in November — within a degree on temperature, 6 days less rain.

So: November works, with September the better month by 8 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Salvador

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