Mexico City weather in November

In November, Mexico City sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 33 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of November to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Mexico City's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mexico City's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:50 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Mexico City is capital and largest city of Mexico.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 22.7 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 8,279/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1521

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical November day in Mexico City reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	6
22	20	6
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6

Mexico City weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 5°	23	4.5	11	7.4
Feb	22° / 6°	19	4.2	11.3	7.9
Mar	24° / 7°	30	6.3	11.9	7.9
Apr	25° / 9°	49	8.9	12.4	7.3
May	24° / 11°	75	12.3	12.9	6.7
Jun	23° / 12°	151	17.4	13.1	5.5
Jul	22° / 11°	152	22.8	13.1	4.7
Aug	22° / 11°	159	21.9	12.7	4.7
Sep	21° / 11°	173	20.3	12.1	4.8
Oct	21° / 9°	95	13	11.6	5.9
Nov	20° / 7°	33	6.5	11.1	7.1
Dec	20° / 5°	17	3	10.8	7.7

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	58	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	67	68	69	69	71	72	73	75	75	77	77	78
Cloudier (%)	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	32	31	31	29	28	27	25	25	23	23	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Mexico City gets around 33 mm of rain over 6.5 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 21% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	21
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in November

Winds average 6 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of November to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 5:53 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:42	5:58
2	11.3	6:42	5:58
3	11.2	6:43	5:58
4	11.2	6:43	5:57
5	11.2	6:44	5:57
6	11.2	6:44	5:56
7	11.2	6:45	5:56
8	11.2	6:45	5:56
9	11.2	6:46	5:55
10	11.1	6:46	5:55
11	11.1	6:47	5:55
12	11.1	6:47	5:55
13	11.1	6:48	5:54
14	11.1	6:49	5:54
15	11.1	6:49	5:54
16	11.1	6:50	5:54
17	11.1	6:50	5:54
18	11.0	6:51	5:53
19	11.0	6:52	5:53
20	11.0	6:52	5:53
21	11.0	6:53	5:53
22	11.0	6:53	5:53
23	11.0	6:54	5:53
24	11.0	6:55	5:53
25	11.0	6:55	5:53
26	11.0	6:56	5:53
27	10.9	6:56	5:53
28	10.9	6:57	5:53
29	10.9	6:58	5:53
30	10.9	6:58	5:53

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in April across the year — November's 4.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Mexico City

In seasonPeak

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

Mexico City's rainy season runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is November a good time to visit Mexico City?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

November is one of the better times to visit Mexico City for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Mexico City in November

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

In November, Mexico City sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Mexico City in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mexico City peaks around June 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	11	14	14	12	14	12	14	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Mexico City 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 Mexico City is worst in December — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Mexico City's WHO annual average of 22.7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	23	21	18	22	20	22	21	22	22	28	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mexico City?

Mexico City sits at 19.4°N, 99.1°W, 2,240 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Cuauhtémoc, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Mexico City

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mexico City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 2,232 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,439 m.

The land around Mexico City is covered by artificial surfaces (93%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (78%) within 16 km, and trees (33%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

artificial surfaces 93%

16 km

501 m

artificial surfaces 78%

80 km

4,439 m

trees 33%

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← October Mexico City year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Cuauhtémoc 3.0 km · Venustiano Carranza 3.0 km · Iztacalco 5.0 km · Colonia Nativitas 5.0 km · Colonia del Valle 6.0 km · Benito Juárez 7.0 km · Colonia Lindavista 7.0 km · Gustavo Adolfo Madero 7.0 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
Religion

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 Mexico City (19.4285°, -99.1277°, elevation 2,240 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	6
22	20	6
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	21
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	6
22	20	6
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	21
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	7
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	6
22	20	6
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	21
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100