Weather in Sedona in November

Prime time. November is about as good as Sedona gets. Highs average 17.9 °C, lows 3.6 °C, and rain falls on 4 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 5 of 12 in Sedona: past the worst of the year but short of April, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 4 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 17.9 °C days and 3.6 °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: 5 nights fall below freezing. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 29 °C and the coldest night fell to -7.6 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 51 mm — roughly 155% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. November rainfall has ranged from 0 mm to 129 mm across the twenty years measured — a 129 mm spread around an average of 33 mm. The average is real but almost no individual November looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 2.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 51%.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 6.5 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 6.3 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Sedona's year — 10.4 hours of daylight against 14.5 at midsummer, losing 0.8 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 35.2 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage. At 1326 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

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 Sedona versus nearby

If Sedona is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Phoenix is a better bet in November — 8 °C warmer, 2 days less rain. Tucson is a better bet in November — 6.5 °C warmer, 2 days less rain.

So: November works, with April the better month by 10 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Sedona

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