Whakatane weather in November

In November, Whakatane sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 93 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of November to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Whakatane's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Whakatane's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 93 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 5:55 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 11th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Whakatane is town in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Density: 4/km²; people per km²

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical November day in Whakatane reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13

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

Whakatane weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 15°	88	9.1	14.3	6.9
Feb	23° / 16°	94	8	13.5	6.9
Mar	21° / 14°	101	8.7	12.3	6.8
Apr	19° / 12°	117	9.7	11	6.2
May	16° / 10°	119	9.6	10	5.4
Jun	14° / 8°	139	10.5	9.4	4.2
Jul	14° / 7°	137	11	9.6	3.8
Aug	14° / 7°	124	11.2	10.5	4.1
Sep	15° / 9°	119	11.2	11.7	4.6
Oct	17° / 10°	110	11.4	13	5.4
Nov	19° / 12°	93	9.6	14.1	6.1
Dec	21° / 14°	117	11.6	14.6	6.2

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Whakatane gets around 93 mm of rain over 9.6 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 33% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	32
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	34
29	34
30	35

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 77% 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 (%)	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	80	79	78	76	76	73	72	70	68	66	64	62	60
Comfortable (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Humid (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	83	15	2
2	83	15	2
3	83	15	2
4	82	15	3
5	82	15	3
6	82	15	3
7	82	15	3
8	82	15	3
9	82	15	3
10	82	15	3
11	82	15	3
12	82	15	3
13	82	15	3
14	82	15	3
15	82	16	2
16	82	16	2
17	82	16	2
18	80	17	3
19	79	18	3
20	78	19	3
21	76	20	4
22	76	20	4
23	73	22	5
24	72	23	5
25	70	24	6
26	68	25	7
27	66	26	8
28	64	27	9
29	62	28	10
30	60	29	11

Wind in November

Winds average 14 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of November to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 8:14 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)	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	6:07	7:44
2	13.6	6:06	7:45
3	13.7	6:05	7:46
4	13.7	6:04	7:47
5	13.7	6:03	7:48
6	13.8	6:03	7:49
7	13.8	6:02	7:50
8	13.8	6:01	7:51
9	13.9	6:00	7:52
10	13.9	5:59	7:53
11	13.9	5:58	7:55
12	14.0	5:57	7:56
13	14.0	5:57	7:57
14	14.0	5:56	7:58
15	14.1	5:55	7:59
16	14.1	5:55	8:00
17	14.1	5:54	8:01
18	14.1	5:53	8:02
19	14.2	5:53	8:03
20	14.2	5:52	8:04
21	14.2	5:52	8:05
22	14.2	5:51	8:06
23	14.3	5:51	8:07
24	14.3	5:51	8:08
25	14.3	5:50	8:09
26	14.3	5:50	8:10
27	14.4	5:50	8:11
28	14.4	5:49	8:12
29	14.4	5:49	8:13
30	14.4	5:49	8:14

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in January across the year — November's 6.21 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)	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Whakatane

In seasonPeak

In November, Whakatane sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Whakatane sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is November a good time to visit Whakatane?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Whakatane for sightseeing.

What to pack for Whakatane in November

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

In November, Whakatane sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Whakatane in November

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 13 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 22 to Mar 26 — about 2.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	15	15	16	18
Comfort	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Cool
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Whakatane 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 Whakatane peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Whakatane?

Whakatane sits at 38.0°S, 177.0°E, 11 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Rotorua, 68 km away.

Topography around Whakatane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Whakatane has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,483 m.

The land around Whakatane is covered by trees (29%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, water (45%), trees (25%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

209 m

trees 29%

16 km

376 m

water 45%

80 km

1,483 m

trees 45%

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

November weather nearby: Rotorua 68 km · Tauranga 78 km · Taupo 113 km · Gisborne 118 km · Cambridge 136 km · Hamilton East 150 km · Hamilton 151 km · Napier 171 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 Whakatane (-37.9586°, 176.9854°, elevation 11 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	18	11
2	18	11
3	18	11
4	18	11
5	18	11
6	18	11
7	18	11
8	18	11
9	18	11
10	18	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	19	12
20	19	12
21	19	12
22	19	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	20	12
26	20	13
27	20	13
28	20	13
29	20	13
30	20	13

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	32
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	34
29	34
30	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	83	15	2
2	83	15	2
3	83	15	2
4	82	15	3
5	82	15	3
6	82	15	3
7	82	15	3
8	82	15	3
9	82	15	3
10	82	15	3
11	82	15	3
12	82	15	3
13	82	15	3
14	82	15	3
15	82	16	2
16	82	16	2
17	82	16	2
18	80	17	3
19	79	18	3
20	78	19	3
21	76	20	4
22	76	20	4
23	73	22	5
24	72	23	5
25	70	24	6
26	68	25	7
27	66	26	8
28	64	27	9
29	62	28	10
30	60	29	11

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	32
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	34
29	34
30	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	83	15	2
2	83	15	2
3	83	15	2
4	82	15	3
5	82	15	3
6	82	15	3
7	82	15	3
8	82	15	3
9	82	15	3
10	82	15	3
11	82	15	3
12	82	15	3
13	82	15	3
14	82	15	3
15	82	16	2
16	82	16	2
17	82	16	2
18	80	17	3
19	79	18	3
20	78	19	3
21	76	20	4
22	76	20	4
23	73	22	5
24	72	23	5
25	70	24	6
26	68	25	7
27	66	26	8
28	64	27	9
29	62	28	10
30	60	29	11

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	32
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	34
29	34
30	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	83	15	2
2	83	15	2
3	83	15	2
4	82	15	3
5	82	15	3
6	82	15	3
7	82	15	3
8	82	15	3
9	82	15	3
10	82	15	3
11	82	15	3
12	82	15	3
13	82	15	3
14	82	15	3
15	82	16	2
16	82	16	2
17	82	16	2
18	80	17	3
19	79	18	3
20	78	19	3
21	76	20	4
22	76	20	4
23	73	22	5
24	72	23	5
25	70	24	6
26	68	25	7
27	66	26	8
28	64	27	9
29	62	28	10
30	60	29	11