Weather in Sydney in November

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, November is the one. Highs average 22.9 °C, lows 17.1 °C, and rain falls on 11 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

Sydney barely has seasons. November scores 78 out of 100 against a best of 86 in September — a gap small enough that the month you choose matters far less here than the week you choose.

Rain on 11 days, 3 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: the day barely swings — 5.8 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 33.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 10.9 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 74 mm — roughly 89% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 24 mm in the driest year against 172 mm in the wettest, around an average of 83 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 11.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 73%.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 21.5 °C in October, 22.9 here, 24.3 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Sydney's year: 13.9 hours of daylight, gaining 0.8 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 20.6 °C in November — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 24.1 °C in February and bottoms out at 18.7 °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

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 Sydney versus nearby

If Sydney is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Central Coast is close enough to be a coin toss — 3.1 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Katoomba is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

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.

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