San Miguel weather in November

In November, San Miguel sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 80 mm of precipitation across 15.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of November to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is San Miguel's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Miguel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
80 mm
15.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:04 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
73%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

San Miguel is town in Puno, Peru.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical November day in San Miguel reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and about 1°C warmer than December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2186
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How November really feels in San Miguel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

November sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

San Miguel weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 20326.812.82.7
Feb15° / 18424.312.52.7
Mar15° / 16225.612.12.9
Apr15° / 7516.611.74.0
May16° / 185.211.35.7
Jun16° / -1°61.411.16.2
Jul16° / -1°61.811.26.3
Aug16° / 163.911.56.4
Sep17° / 441011.95.8
Oct17° / 7614.812.45.0
Nov18° / 8015.112.74.9
Dec16° / 14422.812.93.5

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43268
53268
63070
73070
83070
93070
102971
112971
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

San Miguel gets around 80 mm of rain and snow over 15.1 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 51% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
146
246
346
446
545
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746
846
946
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1147
1248
1349
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3060

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
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Wind in November

Winds average 9 km/h in November, the windiest month of the year.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of November to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:075:41
212.65:075:41
312.65:065:42
412.65:065:42
512.65:065:43
612.65:065:43
712.65:055:43
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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 7.98 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in November across the year — November's 7.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.0Intense
28.0Intense
38.0Intense
48.0Intense
58.0Intense
68.0Intense
78.0Intense
88.0Intense
98.0Intense
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Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for San Miguel

In seasonPeak

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

San Miguel's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is November a good time to visit San Miguel?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit San Miguel for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Miguel in November

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

In November, San Miguel sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in San Miguel in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Miguel peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is San Miguel?

San Miguel sits at 15.5°S, 70.1°W, 3,831 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Juliaca, 3.0 km away.

La RinconadaIsla del SolCopacabanaYauri

Topography around San Miguel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Miguel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 3,826 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around San Miguel is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
604 m
80 km
1,579 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
November weather nearby: Juliaca 3.0 km · Puno 42 km · Ayaviri 82 km · Ilave 83 km · La Rinconada 119 km · Isla del Sol 122 km · Copacabana 136 km · Yauri 158 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,684
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.6
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
13.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 519
Religion
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 San Miguel (-15.478°, -70.125°, elevation 3,831 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).