Weather in Warrnambool in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 17.8 °C, lows 12.2 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 6 of 12 in Warrnambool: past the worst of the year but short of January, 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 17.8 °C days and 12.2 °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: the day barely swings — 5.7 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 30.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 8.7 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 47 mm — roughly 81% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 19 mm in the driest year against 124 mm in the wettest, around an average of 58 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 17.9 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 76%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 16.1 °C in October, 17.8 here, 19.2 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

14.2 hours of daylight, gaining 0.9 hours across the month. That is between Warrnambool's extremes of 14.8 and 9.5 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 14.7 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 17.9 °C in February and bottoms out at 13.6 °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 Warrnambool versus nearby

If Warrnambool is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Ballarat is close enough to be a coin toss — 4.4 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Mount Gambier is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: November works, with January the better month by 15 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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