Chaves weather in November

In November, Chaves sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 90 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of November to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Chaves's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chaves's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 90 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 7:27 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Chaves is human settlement in Portugal.

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 ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical November day in Chaves reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 5°C cooler than October and about 3°C warmer 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	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Avg low (°C)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Chaves weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 3°	87	9.6	1	9.3	1.9
Feb	11° / 3°	59	7.5	0.9	10.3	2.8
Mar	14° / 5°	74	9.2	0.1	11.7	4.2
Apr	16° / 6°	73	10.9	0	13.1	4.8
May	19° / 9°	68	10.1	0	14.3	6.1
Jun	23° / 12°	33	5.5	0	15	7.8
Jul	27° / 14°	18	3.4	0	14.7	8.2
Aug	27° / 14°	19	4	0	13.7	8.0
Sep	23° / 12°	42	5.9	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	18° / 9°	110	10.2	0	10.9	5.6
Nov	12° / 5°	90	10.8	0.1	9.6	3.3
Dec	10° / 3°	97	9.3	0.4	9	2.1

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	40	40	40	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	41	40	41	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	60	60	60	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	56	56	56	57	57	58	59	60	59	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Chaves gets around 90 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31

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 99% 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 (%)	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in November

Winds average 8 km/h in November.

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of November to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 4:56 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)	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43
Sunset (PM)	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:02	5:01	5:00	5:00	4:59	4:59	4:58	4:58	4:57	4:57	4:56	4:56	4:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:09	5:18
2	10.1	7:10	5:17
3	10.1	7:11	5:16
4	10.0	7:12	5:15
5	10.0	7:14	5:14
6	10.0	7:15	5:12
7	9.9	7:16	5:11
8	9.9	7:17	5:10
9	9.8	7:19	5:09
10	9.8	7:20	5:08
11	9.8	7:21	5:07
12	9.7	7:22	5:07
13	9.7	7:23	5:06
14	9.7	7:25	5:05
15	9.6	7:26	5:04
16	9.6	7:27	5:03
17	9.6	7:28	5:02
18	9.5	7:29	5:02
19	9.5	7:31	5:01
20	9.5	7:32	5:00
21	9.4	7:33	5:00
22	9.4	7:34	4:59
23	9.4	7:35	4:59
24	9.4	7:36	4:58
25	9.3	7:37	4:58
26	9.3	7:39	4:57
27	9.3	7:40	4:57
28	9.3	7:41	4:56
29	9.2	7:42	4:56
30	9.2	7:43	4:56

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 1.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in July across the year — November's 1.91 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)	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.0	Moderate
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.0	Dim
14	2.0	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.7	Dim
27	1.7	Dim
28	1.7	Dim
29	1.7	Dim
30	1.6	Dim

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Chaves?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chaves.

What to pack for Chaves in November

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

In November, Chaves sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Chaves in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chaves peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (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)	2	3	5	7	7	9	9	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Chaves 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 Chaves is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	11	14	12	8	9	18	14	18	14	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Chaves?

Chaves sits at 41.7°N, 7.5°W, 362 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Cabeceiras de Basto, 50 km away.

Topography around Chaves

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chaves has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 378 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 839 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,082 m.

The land around Chaves is covered by grassland (34%), cropland (22%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km

145 m

grassland 34%

16 km

839 m

grassland 53%

80 km

2,082 m

trees 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

November weather nearby: Cabeceiras de Basto 50 km · Vila Real 54 km · Bragança 59 km · Fafe 67 km · Custoias 72 km · Felgueiras 73 km · Ourense 74 km · Guimarães 76 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Chaves (41.7402°, -7.4688°, elevation 362 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	15	8
2	15	7
3	14	7
4	14	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	13	6
9	13	6
10	13	6
11	13	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	11	5
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	11	4
29	11	4
30	10	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0