Weather in Vigo in November

Shoulder season. November sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 15 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

November ranks 10 of 12 — near the bottom of Vigo's year. July is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 47 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

This is wet-season rain: 15 wet days and 6 genuinely heavy ones, which in this climate means concentrated downpours rather than all-day grey. The pattern is usually a clear morning and a loud afternoon, so front-load the day and stop fighting the 3pm hour. Pack for 15.8 °C days and 9.6 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 24 °C and the coldest night fell to 2.4 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 64 mm — roughly 42% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 4 mm in the driest year against 293 mm in the wettest, around an average of 154 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 5.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 85%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 5 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 2.2 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

9.8 hours of daylight, losing 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Vigo's extremes of 15.2 and 9.1 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 16.7 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 18.5 °C in August and bottoms out at 13.7 °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

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

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

November in Vigo versus nearby

If Vigo is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Braga is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Aveiro is a better bet in November — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. July is 37 points better and is what Vigo 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 Vigo

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