Otepää weather in November

In November, Otepää sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of November to 6 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Otepää's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Otepää's year-round climate.

Daytime high
8th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
5th coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:14 AM – 3:44 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Otepää is town in Estonia.

Density
348/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 1°C by the end.

A typical November day in Otepää reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 6°C cooler than October and about 4°C warmer than December.

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How November really feels in Otepää

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
30
wind chill below the day's low

The story in November is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Otepää weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°4511.3106.90.0
Feb-2° / -8°409.58.68.90.0
Mar / -4°4010.1711.40.0
Apr10° / 42102142.3
May16° / 6010.90.216.44.9
Jun20° / 11°8813.3017.75.6
Jul22° / 13°7613017.26.1
Aug21° / 12°8313.1015.15.9
Sep16° / 5510.8012.54.5
Oct / 6612.31.19.91.6
Nov / -1°5511.44.97.60.0
Dec-1° / -4°4711.68.76.30.0

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in November, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
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51684
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitationSnow

Otepää gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14010
24010
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303523

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of November feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in November

Winds average 15 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of November to 6 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 8:43 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 3:24 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:394:16
28.57:424:14
38.57:444:11
48.47:464:09
58.37:494:07
68.27:514:05
78.27:534:02
88.17:564:00
98.07:583:58
107.98:003:56
117.98:033:54
127.88:053:52
137.78:073:50
147.68:103:48
157.68:123:46
167.58:143:44
177.48:163:43
187.48:193:41
197.38:213:39
207.28:233:38
217.28:253:36
227.18:273:34
237.18:293:33
247.08:313:31
256.98:333:30
266.98:353:29
276.88:373:27
286.88:393:26
296.78:413:25
306.78:433:24

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 0.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — November's 0.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Otepää?

Our two travel scores rate November for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Otepää.

What to pack for Otepää in November

From November's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In November, Otepää sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Otepää in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Otepää peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Otepää?

Otepää sits at 58.1°N, 26.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in Estonia. The nearest listed city is Tartu, 38 km away.

TartuValgaViljandiValmieraPskovPärnu

Topography around Otepää

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Otepää.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Otepää has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m.

The land around Otepää is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
309 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
November weather nearby: Tartu 38 km · Valga 41 km · Viljandi 63 km · Valmiera 86 km · Cēsis 110 km · Pskov 112 km · Pärnu 123 km · Madona 135 km

Estonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 66% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,418
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 561
Religion
none 58%Orthodox 17%Protestant 9%other 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Otepää (58.0583°, 26.4967°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).