Zou weather in November

In November, Zou sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 49 mm of rain across 13.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in November, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of November to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Zou's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:26 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Zou is town and sub-prefecture in Montagnes, Ivory Coast.

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical November day in Zou reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How November really feels in Zou

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

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

The story in November is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Zou weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°16411.64.4
Feb33° / 23°417.411.83.4
Mar33° / 23°8315.5123.1
Apr32° / 23°9717.912.13.1
May31° / 23°13721.712.33.1
Jun29° / 22°14523.812.43.4
Jul28° / 22°13123.412.44.0
Aug28° / 22°1852512.23.9
Sep29° / 22°20926.8123.2
Oct30° / 22°12923.611.83.5
Nov30° / 22°4913.311.74.4
Dec31° / 21°164.311.65.3

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33862
43961
53862
63961
73862
83961
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104159
114258
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Zou gets around 49 mm of rain over 13.3 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
163
261
360
459
557
656
754
853
951
1050
1148
1247
1345
1444
1543
1642
1741
1840
1939
2038
2137
2236
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2927
3025

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the oppressive band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
100199
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2200694
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2701990
28011188
29111286
30121384

Wind in November

Winds average 5 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of November to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:226:07
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311.76:236:07
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511.76:236:07
611.76:236:07
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 4.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in January across the year — November's 4.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Zou

In seasonPeak

None of Zou's seasonal hazards are active in November. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Zou's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Zou sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is November a good time to visit Zou?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Zou for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Zou in November

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

In November, Zou sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zou in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zou peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zou in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where November falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Zou is worst in February — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 950 µg/m³Sep 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar33Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Zou?

Zou sits at 7.0°N, 7.8°W, 288 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Kahin, 20 km away.

GohouoDiéhibaZouan-Hounien

Topography around Zou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 284 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 484 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m.

The land around Zou is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
91 m
16 km
484 m
80 km
1,158 m
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November weather nearby: Kahin 20 km · Logoualé 31 km · Mahapleu 31 km · Diourouzon 32 km · Bangolo 35 km · Gohouo 40 km · Diéhiba 43 km · Zouan-Hounien 46 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,050
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
36%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
24.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 393

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 Zou (6.9765°, -7.7983°, elevation 288 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).