Whanganui weather in November

In November, Whanganui sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 89 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of November to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Whanganui's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Whanganui's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 89 mm; 12.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 12 min; 5:58 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 7th clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Whanganui is city in New Zealand's North Island.

Density: 20,736/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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical November day in Whanganui reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°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 1°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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Whanganui weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 15°	71	9.3	14.5	6.3
Feb	20° / 16°	66	8.1	13.6	6.5
Mar	18° / 15°	68	9.6	12.3	6.2
Apr	17° / 13°	98	11	11	5.2
May	15° / 11°	97	12.4	9.8	4.3
Jun	13° / 10°	109	14.1	9.2	3.2
Jul	12° / 9°	105	14.3	9.5	2.9
Aug	12° / 9°	102	14.7	10.4	3.0
Sep	13° / 10°	97	13.6	11.7	3.4
Oct	14° / 11°	107	14.2	13.1	3.8
Nov	16° / 12°	89	12.2	14.2	4.6
Dec	17° / 14°	100	12.7	14.8	5.4

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	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 (%)	52	52	53	52	52	53	53	53	54	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	52
Cloudier (%)	48	48	47	48	48	47	47	47	46	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	48	48

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

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Whanganui gets around 89 mm of rain over 12.2 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 41% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

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 86% 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 (%)	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	79	77	75	74	71	70
Comfortable (%)	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	22	24	25	27	28
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	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	93	7	0
2	92	8	0
3	92	8	0
4	92	8	0
5	91	9	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	86	14	0
21	85	15	0
22	84	16	0
23	83	17	0
24	82	18	0
25	79	20	1
26	77	22	1
27	75	24	1
28	74	25	1
29	71	27	2
30	70	28	2

Wind in November

Winds average 24 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 25 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)	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23
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	23	breezy
2	23	breezy
3	23	breezy
4	23	breezy
5	23	breezy
6	24	breezy
7	24	breezy
8	24	breezy
9	24	breezy
10	24	breezy
11	24	breezy
12	24	breezy
13	24	breezy
14	25	breezy
15	25	breezy
16	25	breezy
17	25	breezy
18	25	breezy
19	25	breezy
20	24	breezy
21	24	breezy
22	24	breezy
23	24	breezy
24	24	breezy
25	24	breezy
26	24	breezy
27	24	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	23	breezy
30	23	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of November to 14 h 36 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 6:12 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 8:27 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)	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	6:12	7:55
2	13.8	6:10	7:56
3	13.8	6:09	7:57
4	13.8	6:08	7:59
5	13.9	6:07	8:00
6	13.9	6:06	8:01
7	13.9	6:05	8:02
8	14.0	6:04	8:03
9	14.0	6:03	8:04
10	14.1	6:03	8:06
11	14.1	6:02	8:07
12	14.1	6:01	8:08
13	14.1	6:00	8:09
14	14.2	5:59	8:10
15	14.2	5:58	8:11
16	14.2	5:58	8:12
17	14.3	5:57	8:14
18	14.3	5:56	8:15
19	14.3	5:56	8:16
20	14.4	5:55	8:17
21	14.4	5:55	8:18
22	14.4	5:54	8:19
23	14.4	5:54	8:20
24	14.5	5:53	8:21
25	14.5	5:53	8:22
26	14.5	5:52	8:23
27	14.5	5:52	8:24
28	14.6	5:52	8:25
29	14.6	5:51	8:26
30	14.6	5:51	8:27

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7 kWh/m² in January across the year — November's 6.15 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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	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

Is November a good time to visit Whanganui?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Whanganui for sightseeing.

What to pack for Whanganui in November

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

In November, Whanganui sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Whanganui in November

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 16 km away) is warmest in February at about 19°C and coldest in August near 13°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)	18	19	18	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	19	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Whanganui 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 Whanganui peaks around January 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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	7	5	2	2	2	3	4	7	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Whanganui?

Whanganui sits at 39.9°S, 175.1°E, 18 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Palmerston North, 67 km away.

Topography around Whanganui

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Whanganui has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,746 m.

The land around Whanganui is covered by grassland (39%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), water (32%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%), trees (29%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

103 m

grassland 39%

16 km

300 m

grassland 42%

80 km

1,746 m

grassland 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

November weather nearby: Palmerston North 67 km · Levin 80 km · Paraparaumu 109 km · Masterton 125 km · New Plymouth 127 km · Upper Hutt 134 km · Porirua 135 km · Lower Hutt 143 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 Whanganui (-39.9333°, 175.05°, elevation 18 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	11
2	15	11
3	15	12
4	15	12
5	15	12
6	15	12
7	15	12
8	15	12
9	15	12
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	13
26	16	13
27	16	13
28	16	13
29	16	13
30	16	13

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	93	7	0
2	92	8	0
3	92	8	0
4	92	8	0
5	91	9	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	86	14	0
21	85	15	0
22	84	16	0
23	83	17	0
24	82	18	0
25	79	20	1
26	77	22	1
27	75	24	1
28	74	25	1
29	71	27	2
30	70	28	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	93	7	0
2	92	8	0
3	92	8	0
4	92	8	0
5	91	9	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	86	14	0
21	85	15	0
22	84	16	0
23	83	17	0
24	82	18	0
25	79	20	1
26	77	22	1
27	75	24	1
28	74	25	1
29	71	27	2
30	70	28	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	93	7	0
2	92	8	0
3	92	8	0
4	92	8	0
5	91	9	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	86	14	0
21	85	15	0
22	84	16	0
23	83	17	0
24	82	18	0
25	79	20	1
26	77	22	1
27	75	24	1
28	74	25	1
29	71	27	2
30	70	28	2