Upper Hutt weather in November

In November, Upper Hutt sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 73 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of November to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Upper Hutt's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Upper Hutt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 73 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 5:55 AM – 8:15 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Upper Hutt is city in Wellington Region, New Zealand.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 10.1 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 87/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1966

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 15°C through the month.

A typical November day in Upper Hutt reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 2°C warmer than October and about 2°C cooler than 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Upper Hutt weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 14°	58	8.3	14.6	6.3
Feb	19° / 14°	56	7.3	13.6	6.6
Mar	18° / 13°	59	8.1	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	70	9.7	10.9	5.1
May	14° / 9°	70	10.4	9.7	4.1
Jun	12° / 8°	88	11.9	9.1	3.1
Jul	11° / 7°	84	12	9.3	2.7
Aug	12° / 7°	81	13.3	10.4	2.8
Sep	13° / 8°	76	11.6	11.7	3.4
Oct	14° / 9°	88	11.7	13.1	3.9
Nov	15° / 11°	73	10.5	14.3	4.7
Dec	17° / 12°	69	10.6	14.9	5.5

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 52%.

	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 (%)	50	49	50	50	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43
Cloudier (%)	50	51	50	50	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Upper Hutt gets around 73 mm of rain over 10.5 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37

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 90% 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 (%)	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	90	90	89	88	87	85	83	82	81	79	78
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	20	21
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	93	7	0
9	93	7	0
10	93	7	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	92	8	0
14	92	8	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	85	15	0
26	83	16	1
27	82	17	1
28	81	18	1
29	79	20	1
30	78	21	1

Wind in November

Winds average 22 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of November to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 8:31 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)	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47
Sunset (PM)	7:57	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	6:09	7:57
2	13.8	6:08	7:59
3	13.9	6:07	8:00
4	13.9	6:06	8:01
5	14.0	6:05	8:02
6	14.0	6:04	8:03
7	14.0	6:03	8:05
8	14.1	6:02	8:06
9	14.1	6:01	8:07
10	14.1	6:00	8:08
11	14.2	5:59	8:09
12	14.2	5:58	8:11
13	14.2	5:57	8:12
14	14.3	5:56	8:13
15	14.3	5:55	8:14
16	14.3	5:55	8:15
17	14.4	5:54	8:17
18	14.4	5:53	8:18
19	14.4	5:53	8:19
20	14.5	5:52	8:20
21	14.5	5:51	8:21
22	14.5	5:51	8:22
23	14.6	5:50	8:23
24	14.6	5:50	8:25
25	14.6	5:49	8:26
26	14.6	5:49	8:27
27	14.7	5:48	8:28
28	14.7	5:48	8:29
29	14.7	5:48	8:30
30	14.7	5:47	8:31

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in January across the year — November's 6.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Upper Hutt?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Upper Hutt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Upper Hutt in November

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

In November, Upper Hutt sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Upper Hutt in November

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in November — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	15	Cool
May	14	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Upper Hutt 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 Upper Hutt peaks around January 1 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	6	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Upper Hutt?

Upper Hutt sits at 41.1°S, 175.1°E, 60 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Lower Hutt, 14 km away.

Topography around Upper Hutt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Upper Hutt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m.

The land around Upper Hutt is covered by trees (43%), grassland (33%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and water (54%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

258 m

trees 43%

16 km

852 m

trees 76%

80 km

1,512 m

water 54%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← October Upper Hutt year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Lower Hutt 14 km · Wainuiomata 17 km · Porirua 17 km · Paraparaumu 25 km · Wellington 28 km · Karori 30 km · Masterton 55 km · Levin 59 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Upper Hutt (-41.1383°, 175.0502°, elevation 60 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	93	7	0
9	93	7	0
10	93	7	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	92	8	0
14	92	8	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	85	15	0
26	83	16	1
27	82	17	1
28	81	18	1
29	79	20	1
30	78	21	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	93	7	0
9	93	7	0
10	93	7	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	92	8	0
14	92	8	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	85	15	0
26	83	16	1
27	82	17	1
28	81	18	1
29	79	20	1
30	78	21	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	93	7	0
9	93	7	0
10	93	7	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	92	8	0
14	92	8	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	85	15	0
26	83	16	1
27	82	17	1
28	81	18	1
29	79	20	1
30	78	21	1